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Why Do I Keep Existing? A Lecture on Being | Prof. Paul Symington

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Present Things Have Existential Inertia

The present is the incomplete, non instantaneous partial and imperfect possession of existence. When someone changes from pale tan, they exist in an intermediate place between determinate existence as one thing the other. Let's dig into the premises of the argument to see if we can't find some justification for them. The premise will examine is the claim that present things have existential inertia.

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