(December 11, 2017 at 10:58 am)SteveII Wrote: You didn't answer the question. Are the timeslices causally related? In other words, can we put the timeslices in an order based upon causal principles? If we can do that, you have a problem with past infinite causation.
I still don't think you understand what eternalism is or implies. There are connections between moments of time, but the connections are not temporal because all the connected "regions" are already there. The USA and Canada, generally, are connected to each other. There is a link there, even though they share different spatial coordinates (different spaces, locations). Now, whether you could say they're causally related or not is another topic of discussion that isn't just something only relevant to eternalism. I think causality is a tricky thing to pinpoint, because I have a hard time (philosophically, not scientifically) differentiating between cause and preceding event.
Quote:Regarding you yesterday and today. If Dec 10th's Grandizer commits a crime, should Dec 11th's Grandizer be punished for it? Why?
Again, this is not a topic that is only relevant to eternalism. This has more to do with the self, what makes you you, and is the self an illusion, and all the implications. I don't want to get into all that in this thread. You can make new threads for each of these topics.
