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    It is not the case that Presentism compels endurantism

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    • 1.Presentism is compatible with stage theory, where objects are instantaneous stages that wholly exist at present moments without temporal extension.
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    • 2.Stage theorists like Ted Sider argue that counterpart relations across times can ground persistence claims without requiring numerically identical objects to endure.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Presentism entails only that whatever exists exists wholly in the present, which is equally satisfied by an object having no temporal parts as by an object being a single present stage.
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    • 2.The inference from 'wholly present' to 'enduring' commits a modal scope error, since 'wholly present at each time it exists' does not entail cross-temporal numerical identity.
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    Reasons Against

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    • The nature of presentism requires objects to endure rather than perdure
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