The Myth of Presentism’s Intuitive Appeal

Abstract

Presentism, the view that only what’s present exists, seems to be intuitively very appealing. The intuitive appeal of presentism constitutes a main reason for treating the view as a serious option and worthy of consideration. In this paper, I argue that the appearance of presentism’s intuitiveness is based upon a series of misconceptions.

Keywords

• presentism
• eternalism
• common sense