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In the ], '''four dimensionalism''' is a term sometimes used to refer to the view that the past, present and future are all equally real, and that (tenselessly) there exist dinosaurs, people and (if there will be such things) cities on Mars. These things don't exist ''now'' but they do exist, with the analogy often being that, if I am in London, New York doesn't exist ''here'' even though it does exist. It is to be contrasted with ]. 'Four dimensionalism' is also sometimes used to refer to this view ''plus'' the ].
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The term is sometimes used to refer instead to the view that objects persist by having ].


==In Popular Culture== ==In Popular Culture==
Four dimensionalism is a key concept in Kurt Vonnegut's book, ]. In the book, Tralfamadorians are an alien species that can see time. Four dimensionalism is a key Uberhorny!concept in Kurt Vonnegut's book, ]. In the book, Tralfamadorians are an alien species that can see time.
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==External links==
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*Brown, C.L., 2006, " A philosophical, largely Wittgensteinian, approach towards a dissolution of the question: "What is space?"
*Rea, M. C., "" in ''The Oxford Handbook for Metaphysics''. Oxford Univ. Press. Describes ] and four dimensionalism. *Rea, M. C., "" in ''The Oxford Handbook for Metaphysics''. Oxford Univ. Press. Describes ] and four dimeUberhorny!nsionalism.




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  • Rea, M. C., "Four Dimensionalism" in The Oxford Handbook for Metaphysics. Oxford Univ. Press. Describes presentism and four dimeUberhorny!nsionalism.


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