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The Present in a Relativistic Setting
I provide an overview of the conflict between Presentism and the Special Theory of relativity. First, I introduce the tension between Presentism and SR. I offer both simple and intuitive explanations of the physics and the geometry of Minkowski spacetime. I then explain why SR is incompatible with Presentism. Second, I discuss three general methods of fitting presentism within a relativistic setting: Cone-presentism, Point-presentism, and Surface-presentism. I then summarize some objections to these attempts.
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