Dear all, this Friday I would like to conclude the issue of Time and Modality. As you probably already know, we shall have a double session this week (as Marco is not going to be around). In the second part of the class we'll talk about various forms of Presentism. I shall discuss an argument by Williamson to the effect that all contingent being exist necessarily (see further readings). I shall use this argument as a conceptual scaffolding for our discussion of presentism, so it is not strictly required that you read the paper (although I highly recommend it).
Essential Readings
Markosian - A defence of Presentism
Mozersky - Presentism (ch. 5)
Further Readings
Prior - Time and Modality
Sider - Quantifiers and Temporal Ontology
Williamson - Necessary Existents
Zimmerman - Temporary Intrinsics and Presentism
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