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    It is not the case that The argument from STR to perdurantism is weak

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    • 1.Although STR shows space to be like time in some respects, the theory still differentiates between spatial and temporal dimensions
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    • 2.Even if STR did not differentiate between spatial and temporal dimensions, a further reason would be needed to believe that persistence must be just like spatial extension
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.STR's Minkowski spacetime is compatible with presentism, as Crisp and Sider's debate shows the metric alone underdetermines ontological commitments.
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    • 2.The geometric unity of spacetime in STR is a representational tool; it does not entail that objects must instantiate properties by having distinct temporal parts.
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    • 3.Huw Price and others note that STR's block universe is consistent with endurantism if objects are understood as wholly present at each spacetime region they occupy.
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    • 1.Theodore Sider concedes that the inference from STR to perdurantism requires an independent metaphysical premise about how persistence relates to extension.
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    • 2.This required bridging premise—that temporal extension must mirror spatial extension in generating parts—is not derivable from physics and remains philosophically contested.
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