The Ontology of the Past: Whitehead and Santayana

Journal of Speculative Philosophy 14 (3):219-231 (2000)
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This essay examines the question of the ontological basis for historical propositions and contrasts the positions of A. N. Whitehead and George Santayana, i.e., presentism vs. eternalism. I argue that Whitehead's presentism is a more satisfactory solution to how propositions refer to the past.

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