Research Group
in Analytic Philosophy

Abstract

Our goal in this paper is to explore the logical space of tensed solutions to the Problem of Change (i.e. s, those that relativize to time objects, properties/relations, or the exemplification itself) and analyze their costs regarding ontological parsimony.  First, we introduce the problem. Next, we present the proposals explicitly formulated or implicitly suggested by the literature. We then explore whether and how these proposals can be extended to exhaust the logical space of possible solutions. Finally, we discuss how the different alternatives can be ranked with respect to ontological parsimony, or more precisely, different kinds of ontological parsimony.