{"id":"https://openalex.org/W1604294646","doi":null,"title":"Improper Parts, Restricted Existence, and Use: Three Arguments against Ted Sider's Four-Dimensionalism","display_name":"Improper Parts, Restricted Existence, and Use: Three Arguments against Ted Sider's Four-Dimensionalism","publication_year":2010,"publication_date":"2010-07-26","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W1604294646","mag":"1604294646"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:commons.pacificu.edu:rescogitans-1001","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://commons.pacificu.edu/rescogitans/vol1/iss1/2","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4377196976","display_name":"CommonKnowledge Research Repository (Pacific University Oregon)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I108541056","host_organization_name":"Pacific University Oregon","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I108541056"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Res Cogitans","raw_type":"text"},"volume":null,"type":"article","is_traditional":true,"indexed_in":[],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5031824937","display_name":"Mike Anthony","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210149261","display_name":"Pacific University","ror":"https://ror.org/059z5w858","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210149261"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Mike Anthony","raw_affiliation_strings":["Pacific University#TAB#"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Pacific University#TAB#","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210149261"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5031824937"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210149261"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.0,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"1","issue":"1","first_page":"2","last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10258","display_name":"Philosophy and Theoretical Science","score":0.9262999892234802,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1211","display_name":"Philosophy"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10258","display_name":"Philosophy and Theoretical Science","score":0.9262999892234802,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1211","display_name":"Philosophy"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11477","display_name":"Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics","score":0.06620000302791595,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1211","display_name":"Philosophy"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13545","display_name":"Philosophical and Theoretical Analysis","score":0.0010999999940395355,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1211","display_name":"Philosophy"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/four-dimensionalism","display_name":"four-dimensionalism","score":0.9539999961853027},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/temporal-parts","display_name":"temporal parts","score":0.8450000286102295},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/three-dimensionalism","display_name":"three-dimensionalism","score":0.75},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/vagueness","display_name":"vagueness","score":0.7139999866485596},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/objecthood","display_name":"objecthood","score":0.906000018119812},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/temporal-existence","display_name":"temporal existence","score":0.8410000205039978},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/extension","display_name":"extension","score":0.5519999861717224},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ontology","display_name":"ontology","score":0.5440000295639038},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/persistence","display_name":"persistence","score":0.5649999976158142}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.37887734174728394},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.3723286986351013},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.31112203001976013}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"pmh:oai:commons.pacificu.edu:rescogitans-1001","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://commons.pacificu.edu/rescogitans/vol1/iss1/2","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4377196976","display_name":"CommonKnowledge Research Repository (Pacific University Oregon)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I108541056","host_organization_name":"Pacific University Oregon","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I108541056"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Res Cogitans","raw_type":"text"},{"id":"pmh:oai:digitalcommons.cwu.edu:ijurca-1012","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/ijurca/vol2/iss2/2","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4377196478","display_name":"ScholarWorks (Central Washington University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I29867402","host_organization_name":"Central Washington University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I29867402"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities","raw_type":"text"},{"id":"mag:1604294646","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://commons.pacificu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1001&context=rescogitans","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Res Cogitans","raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":13,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W136313259","https://openalex.org/W161882535","https://openalex.org/W1784610019","https://openalex.org/W1965284564","https://openalex.org/W1978883492","https://openalex.org/W1989500778","https://openalex.org/W2039869895","https://openalex.org/W2062057776","https://openalex.org/W2076439247","https://openalex.org/W2096363439","https://openalex.org/W2107431779","https://openalex.org/W2133909164","https://openalex.org/W4210944044"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W7096303237","https://openalex.org/W2504967008","https://openalex.org/W7099701040","https://openalex.org/W6987495336","https://openalex.org/W4254875478","https://openalex.org/W7100645458","https://openalex.org/W30125812","https://openalex.org/W2031980332","https://openalex.org/W4210944044","https://openalex.org/W2042382160"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"This":[0],"paper":[1],"raises":[2],"and":[3,97,115],"defends":[4],"three":[5],"classes":[6],"of":[7,45,51,57,67,75,104],"objections":[8],"to":[9,123,138,143],"Ted":[10],"Sider's":[11,25,62,84,110],"argument":[12,39,63],"from":[13],"vagueness":[14],"in":[15,133],"his":[16,38],"recent":[17],"work,":[18],"Four-Dimensionalism.":[19],"The":[20],"first":[21],"class":[22],"argues":[23],"that":[24,31,47,77,101],"case":[26],"for":[27],"four-dimensionalism":[28],"is":[29,142],"superfluous,":[30],"is,":[32],"\u201cmereologically":[33],"promiscuous":[34],"three-dimensionalists\u201d":[35],"can":[36,80,129],"accept":[37],"yet":[40],"maintain":[41],"a":[42,90],"compatible":[43],"variety":[44],"three-dimensionalism":[46,128],"accepts":[48],"the":[49,65,78],"existence":[50,96,119,137],"temporal":[52,95,139],"parts":[53,56],"as":[54],"improper":[55],"otherwise":[58],"enduring":[59],"wholes.":[60],"Second,":[61],"begs":[64],"question":[66],"unrestricted":[68,73],"composition":[69],"by":[70,88],"presupposing":[71],"an":[72],"conception":[74],"objecthood":[76],"three-dimensionalist":[79],"freely":[81],"reject.":[82],"Finally,":[83],"project":[85],"offends":[86],"ontology":[87],"undermining":[89],"deep":[91],"ontological":[92],"distinction":[93,106],"between":[94],"extension.":[98],"Even":[99],"assuming":[100],"any":[102],"defense":[103],"this":[105,125],"will":[107],"be":[108,144],"circular,":[109],"account":[111],"contradicts":[112],"our":[113,131],"commonsense":[114],"reflective":[116],"thought":[117],"concerning":[118],"without":[120],"sufficient":[121],"reason":[122],"justify":[124],"revision.":[126],"Since":[127],"preserve":[130],"distinctions":[132],"conjunction":[134],"with":[135],"granting":[136],"parts,":[140],"it":[141],"preferred.":[145]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-11-04T10:54:05.112534","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}