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    Presentists should say that existing at the present time ... — Carmelics
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    Supports→Given presentism, if something exists, then it exists at the present time.

    Presentists should say that existing at the present time just is existing.

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    [Presentists] insist that there are objects that exist at the present time (or, equivalently, that presently exist). Since they do not believe in a region called the “present time”, presentists cannot reduce existing at the present time to being located at that region. I think presentists should, instead, say that existing at the present time just is existing. Thus, given presentism, if something exists, then, obviously enough, it exists at the present time. So, given presentism, since everythin

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