temporalism

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noun

The position that the truth value of a proposition can vary across time.

Opposite
eternalism
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Meanings

nountemporalism (countable and uncountable, plural temporalisms)

plural temporalisms

  1. countableuncountablehuman sciencesThe position that the truth value of a proposition can vary across time.

    As stated, this argument assumes a form of propositional temporalism: it assumes that the proposition expressed by my sentence for A-THEORY* has different truth values relative to different times.

    2015 January 8, Leo Carton Mollica, “Explanation and nowness: an objection to the A-Theory”, in Philosophical Studies, →DOI
  2. countableuncountableThe tendency of ecclesiastical authority to interfere in the political power of a nation.

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
eternalism

Origin

From temporal + -ism.

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