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temporalism en · NOUN

Etymology

From temporal + -ism.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The 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. (countable, uncountable) The tendency of ecclesiastical authority to interfere in the political power of a nation.

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Antonyms

eternalism

Relateds

temporalist