Abstract:A-theoretic presentness is commonly regarded as non-solipsist and non-relative.The non-solipsism of a non-relative, A-theoretic presentness requires at least two space-like separated things to be present simpliciter together -this co-presentness further implies the global, non-relative, non-conventional simultaneity of them. Yet, this implication clashes with the general view that there is no global, non-relative, non-conventional simultaneity in Minkowski space-time. In order to resolve this conflict, this pa… Show more
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