perdurantist
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- noun
- /pərˈdʊərəntɪst/
- Formal
- Philosophers who identify as perdurantists claim that everything in the universe exists through a series of temporal stages.
Examples
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A perdurantist views a person as a series of temporal parts rather than a single enduring entity.
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The debate between the perdurantist and the endurantist is central in metaphysics.
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As a perdurantist, she argued that objects are like four-dimensional worms stretching through time.
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A perdurantist believes in temporal parts.
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Many perdurantists argue against the traditional view of persistence.
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A perdurantist believes that you have multiple temporal parts at different times throughout your life.
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As a perdurantist, John argues that objects like mountains and rivers change over time but still persist.
Surface Forms
Morphology
perdurantist = perdurant (semi-transparent) = perdurant + ist
The agentive/person-forming suffix '-ist' transparently marks a believer or proponent, but the base term is technical and uncommon.
Etymology
Perdurantist comes from the Latin parts per- 'through' and durare 'to last', the same root you see in duration and endure. A perdurantist is a person who believes things last by having different parts at different times, like a long rope with new threads along its length.