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Pieter Thyssen, « Four Degrees of Temporal Becoming », HAL-SHS : histoire, philosophie et sociologie des sciences et des techniques, ID : 10670/1.qqwod1
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The block universe theory of time is commonly said to be incompatible with temporal becoming. This confuses Maudlin who upholds both eternalism and passage. The aim of this paper is to answer Maudlin’s plea for clarification by distinguishing four degrees of temporal becoming. After discussing their respective compatibility with the block universe, I show that Maudlin asks much less from temporal becoming than most philosophers of time. Consequently, his form of becoming is compatible with the block universe, whereas the stronger forms of becoming are not.