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    It is not the case that Objects persist through time by having temporal parts (perdurantism)

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    • 1.STR is compatible with endurantism if objects persist by being wholly present at each relativistic frame-relative hyperplane of simultaneity.
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    • 2.The analogy between space and time breaks down because spatial extension is simultaneous whereas temporal extension is not, making 'having a part at t' fundamentally unlike 'having a part at location l'.
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    • 1.Temporal parts entail that there are distinct, momentary entities bearing properties like 'being in pain,' yet our best psychological and moral practices attribute suffering to persisting persons, not instantaneous stages.
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    • 2.If perdurantism is true, personal identity over time reduces to relations between stages, but Chisholm and van Inwagen argue no such purely relational account can ground the strict numerical identity that rationality and moral responsibility require.
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    • 1.Special Theory of Relativity (STR) shows space to be much like time
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    • 2.Objects extend in space by having spatial parts
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