Consider the following questions:
Note: When presenting, explaining, and evaluating arguments, remember to present the arguments in premise/conclusion form, give justifications for each of the premises, to state whether the argument is valid, whether it is sound., and which premise(s) you object to and why. If you endorse the argument, present the strongest objection and your response to it.
1. Formulate and explain Presentism, the Growing Block view, and Eternalism (each about objects, rather than about times). Formulate and explain A-Theory and B-Theory. Formulate and explain Three-Dimensionalism and four-Dimensionalism Present and Explain the Argument for Four-Dimensionalism (the one involving Tits and tibbles). Don't forget to start by giving the story and main idea behind the argument, then write it in premise/conclusion form, and give a justification for each premise.
2. Present (in your own words) and evaluate the response to the Argument for Four-Dimensionalism that involves denying the transitivity of identity. first, explain what it means to say that identity is transitive. Then, explain (by describing fission cases) why someone might want to deny it Then, evaluate this response.
3. Present (in your own words) and evaluate the response to the Argument for Four-Dimensionalism that involves endorsing Nihilism. Explain why vagueness cases may lead us to endorse this response, and then evaluate it. Next, discuss the response that involves accepting the conclusion that Tibbtes and Tib are colocated. Explain how statue/lump cases may support this response, then evaluate it.
4. Summaries the Problem of Temporary lntrinsics in your own words. This should include a formulation and explanation of Leibniz's Law.
Explain the Property Restriction response and the Object Plenitude response. Evaluate each.
In preparing for the Logic section of the exam, you should know:
- what it is for an argument to be valid
- what it is for an argument to be sound
- the- difference-e between numerical identity and qualitative identity (and examples of each}
- how to translate claims into their logical form
I also recommend looking through the arguments we discussed when covering Logic. You should be able to recognize when arguments of that sort are valid and when they're invalid.