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perdurantist

perdurantist

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Relating to the view that objects have different parts at different times
  • adjective
  • /pərˈdʊərəntɪst/
  • Formal
: perdurantista
  • Many philosophers debate whether a perdurantist or endurantist theory better describes identity.

Examples

  • The perdurantist approach explains how objects can change over time yet remain the same.

  • Her argument was based on a perdurantist understanding of time and existence.

  • A perdurantist believes that objects are made up of temporal parts.

  • Many perdurantist theories challenge traditional notions of identity.

  • The perdurantist viewpoint suggests that an object's identity is maintained through its changing parts over time.

  • According to the perdurantist philosophy, an object at one moment possesses different temporal parts compared to another moment.

  • In discussing metaphysics, the perdurantist perspective emphasizes how time influences the properties of objects.

Surface Forms

perdurantist positive

Morphology

perdurantist = perdurant (semi-transparent) = perdurant + ist

The formation 'perdurant' + '-ist' is formally regular, but 'perdurant' is a rare technical term so learners may not fully infer the meaning.

Etymology

Perdurantist comes from the Latin parts per- 'through' and durare 'to last', and the same root is in endure and duration. So, as an adjective, perdurantist describes the idea that something 'lasts through' time by having different parts at different moments, like a film made of many frames.