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    The inference from 'knowing what time it is at multiple t... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→On the B-theory too, there is reason to worry about the combination of omniscience with timelessness.

    The inference from 'knowing what time it is at multiple times' to 'undergoing change' only applies to beings whose mode of presence is itself temporal.

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    • 1.Change requires temporal succession: knowing different facts at different times only constitutes change if one actually exists through those moments.
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    • 2.Atemporal beings (like abstract objects) don't experience temporal passage, so multiple temporal coordinates don't entail change for them.
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    • 3.The inference conflates epistemic access (knowing facts at times) with ontological change (actually undergoing transformation).
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    • 1.Even atemporal beings can instantiate incompatible properties at different times relative to temporal observers, constituting genuine change.
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    • 2.The claim assumes a non-standard metaphysics where temporal presence is necessary for change, but change might be fundamental to all properties.
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    • 3.Knowing different facts about X at different times does entail X has changed, regardless of X's mode of presence—change is relational.
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