2019
DOI: 10.1111/phib.12147
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Characterising Theories of Time and Modality

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“…However, contemporary research on the topic suggests that expressions of the form 'x exists at t' are inherently ambiguous (Correia and Rosenkranz 2019;Deasy 2019;Markosian 2014): on one reading, they are equivalent to expressions of the form 'x is located at t'; whereas on another reading, they are equivalent to expressions of the form 'at t, x is something'. Thus, on the first reading, 'x exists at t' is understood in locational terms, such that to say that something exists at a time is to make a claim about where things are located in time; on the second reading, 'x exists at t' is understood in perspectival terms, such that to say that something exists at a time t is to make a claim about what there is relative to (i.e.…”
Section: Existential Change and The B-theorymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, contemporary research on the topic suggests that expressions of the form 'x exists at t' are inherently ambiguous (Correia and Rosenkranz 2019;Deasy 2019;Markosian 2014): on one reading, they are equivalent to expressions of the form 'x is located at t'; whereas on another reading, they are equivalent to expressions of the form 'at t, x is something'. Thus, on the first reading, 'x exists at t' is understood in locational terms, such that to say that something exists at a time is to make a claim about where things are located in time; on the second reading, 'x exists at t' is understood in perspectival terms, such that to say that something exists at a time t is to make a claim about what there is relative to (i.e.…”
Section: Existential Change and The B-theorymentioning
confidence: 99%