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The Burning Fuse

A Pre-ply The Burning Fuse Model of Unbecoming in Time John D. Norton Department of History and Philosophy of Science University of Pittsburgh. The Burning Fuse. Future. Real. posseses a capacity: it can come to be present. consumed by the. Present. to become the ashes of. Unreal.

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The Burning Fuse

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  1. A Pre-plyThe Burning Fuse Model of Unbecoming in Time John D. NortonDepartment of Historyand Philosophy of ScienceUniversity of Pittsburgh

  2. The Burning Fuse Future Real posseses a capacity: it can come to be present consumed by the Present to become the ashes of Unreal lost the capacity: it cannot come to be present Past

  3. Pluto no longer a planet International Astronomical Union, 2006 General Assembly: Resolutions. IAU. 2006-08-24

  4. Outrage….

  5. How do we assign the label “real”? Presentists Eternalists Possibilists Future Unreal Real Unreal Earth one year in future. Present Real Real Real Earth now. Past Unreal Real Real Earth one year in past. …but otherwise disagree on no astronomical fact. No independent notion of unreality beyond not being present. Hence presentism becomes true by definition.(Mauro Dorato +…)

  6. How do we assign the label “part”? Perdurantism Endurantism State of the earth now is just a temporal part of the earth perduring through its history. State of the earth now is the totality of the earth enduring through its history.

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