A Defence of Lucretian Presentism

Australasian Journal of Philosophy 98 (4):675-690 (2020)
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In this paper, we defend Lucretian Presentism. Although the view faces many objections and has proven unpopular with presentists, we rehabilitate Lucretianism and argue that none of the objections stick.

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David Ingram
University of York
Jonathan Tallant
Nottingham University

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