A Semantic Problem For Stage Theory

Ergo: An Open Access Journal of Philosophy 4 (2017)
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Stage theory is the metaphysical view that everyday objects like you and the Eiffel tower are stages—instantaneous temporal parts. Existing defenses of stage theory by Katherine Hawley and Ted Sider quite explicitly include certain semantic claims. Thus Sider says that stages are.

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10.3998/ergo.12405314.0004.024

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