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Presentism remains (2017)
Journal Article
Tallant, J. (2019). Presentism remains. Erkenntnis, 84(2), 409–435. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10670-017-9965-4

Here I examine some recent attempts to provide a new way of thinking about the philosophy of time that question the central role of ‘presentness’ within the definition of presentism. The central concern raised by these critics turns on the intelligib... Read More about Presentism remains.

Commitment in cases of trust and distrust (2017)
Journal Article
Tallant, J. (2017). Commitment in cases of trust and distrust. Thought: Fordham University Quarterly, 6(4), https://doi.org/10.1002/tht3.259

There is a well-developed literature on trust. Distrust, on the other hand, has gathered far less attention in the philosophical literature (though there is a burgeoning business literature on the topic). A recent exception to that trend in the philo... Read More about Commitment in cases of trust and distrust.

Presentism, persistence and trans-temporal dependence (2017)
Journal Article
Tallant, J. (2018). Presentism, persistence and trans-temporal dependence. Philosophical Studies, 175(9), 2209-2220. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11098-017-0955-9

My central thesis is that presentism is incompatible with all of the main theories of persistence: endurance, exdurance (stage theory) and perdurance.

Truth and dependence (2017)
Journal Article
Tallant, J., & Ingram, D. (2017). Truth and dependence. ERGO, 4(33), https://doi.org/10.3998/ergo.12405314.0004.033