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1、TheArgumentfromTemporaryIntrinsicsRyanWassermanWesternWashingtonUniversity1.TheStoryThusFarOneofthemostdiscussedargumentsforthedoctrineoftemporalpartsarisesinconnectionwithDavidLewis?sproblemoftemporaryintrinsics:Persistingthingschangetheirintrinsicproperties.Forinsta
2、nceshape:whenIsit,Ihaveabentshape;whenIstandIhaveastraightenedshape.Bothshapesaretemporaryintrinsicproperties;Ihavethemonlysomeofthetime.Howissuchchangepossible?(1986:203-4)Lewisrecognizesthreesolutionstotheproblemoftemporaryintrinsics:Firstsolution:contrarytowhatwemi
3、ghtthink,shapesarenotgenuineintrinsicproperties.Theyaredisguisedrelations,whichanenduringthingmaybeartotimes.Oneandthesameenduringthingmaybearthebent-shaperelationtosometimes,andthestraight-shaperelationtoothers…Secondsolution:theonlyintrinsicpropertiesofathingarethos
4、eithasatthepresentmoment.Othertimesarelikefalsestories;theyareabstractrepresentations,composedoutofthematerialsofthepresent,whichrepresentormisrepresentthewaythingsare.Whensomethinghasdifferentintrinsicpropertiesaccordingtooneoftheseersatztimes,thatdoesnotmeanthatit,o
5、ranypartofit,oranythingelse,justhasthem…Thirdsolution:thedifferentshapes,andthedifferenttemporaryintrinsicsgenerally,belongtodifferentthings.Enduranceistobe1rejectedinfavourofperdurance.Weperdure;wearemadeupoftemporalparts,andourtemporaryintrinsicsarepropertiesofthese
6、parts,whereintheydifferonefromanother.(1986:204)Lewisgoesontoargueagainstthefirstandsecondsolutions,whichleavesuswithhisfavoredaccountofpersistence,thedoctrineoftemporalparts.Thepurposeofthispaperistodefendthefirstsolutiontotheproblemoftemporaryintrinsicsthatismention
7、edbyLewis–theendurantistsolutiononwhichapparentlymonadicpropertieslikebeingbentturnouttobedyadicrelationsthatholdbetweenpersistingobjectsandtimes(orrelationalpropertiesthathavesuchrelationsasconstituents).1Letusagreetocallanyonewhoacceptsthisaccountarelativizer.Inthef
8、ollowingsectionsIdistinguishthreedifferentobjectionstotherelativizer?saccount,eachofwhichcanbetracedtotheworkofDavidLewis.Ia
