@inbook{21f3cbc1a183489fb05fb0223d0d9948,
title = "Tense, special relativity, and flow: a wave theoretic view",
abstract = "This paper introduces a new tensed theory of time, {\textquoteleft}wave theory{\textquoteright}. Wave theorists believe in the same four-dimensional hunks that eternalist-perdurantists believe in, but deny that everyday objects are to be identified with them. Instead, everyday objects are three-dimensional objects constituted by the presently existing temporal parts of those hunks (where {\textquoteleft}constitution{\textquoteright} means just that relation which holds between lumps of clay and statues). This paper combines wave theory with an {\textquoteleft}intentionalist{\textquoteright} theory of constitution, whereby constituted objects partially depend upon the dispositions of agents to have beliefs about them. I then show how the resulting combination can resolve the tension between tensed time and special relativity, as well as explain the passage of time.",
keywords = "wave theory, ontology of time, presentism, tensed theory, flow of time",
author = "Nikk Effingham",
year = "2021",
month = feb,
day = "15",
doi = "10.4000/books.cdf.10534",
language = "English",
series = "Philosophie de la connaissance",
publisher = "College de France",
editor = "Declos, {Alexandre } and Tiercelin, {Claudine }",
booktitle = "La m{\'e}taphysique du temps",
}