Cerezo, María and Triviño, Vanessa (2024) 3D/4D Metaphysical Equivalence: Lessons from the species debate for the metaphysics of change and persistence. [Preprint]
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In this paper, we address the question whether the persistence of biological species raises some difficulty for the thesis of the metaphysical equivalence between three-dimensionalism (3D) and four-dimensionalism (4D). We argue that even if one assumes that ‘species’ is a homonymous term that refers to two entities (evolverons or synchronic species and phylons or diachronic ones), 3D/4D metaphysical equivalence still holds. In doing so, we challenge Reydon’s strong association between a synchronic view of species and a 3D theory of persistence, and between the diachronic view of species and a 4D theory of persistence (2008). Finally, we show how this debate on persistence of species helps to illustrate some misunderstandings behind contemporary analytic metaphysics of change and persistence.
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| Additional Information: | forthcoming in Synthese | |||||||||
| Keywords: | species problem; temporality of species; species persistence; 3D/4D metaphysical equivalence | |||||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory Specific Sciences > Biology > Systematics |
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| Depositing User: | Dr. María Cerezo | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 21 Aug 2024 10:36 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 21 Aug 2024 10:36 | |||||||||
| Item ID: | 23803 | |||||||||
| Subjects: | General Issues > Scientific Metaphysics Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory Specific Sciences > Biology > Systematics |
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| Date: | 14 August 2024 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/23803 |
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