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It emphasizes boundaries on allowable existence or inclusion, then explores how improper parts can be handled, combined, or referenced within those constraints. The focus is on defining permitted usage conditions and illustrating the implications of restrictions for each of the three parts.","International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities  \n\n| Volume 2\u003Cbr>Issue 2 Res Cogitans 2010 | Article 2 |\n| --- | --- |\n| October 2023\u003Cbr>Improper Parts, Restricted Existence, and Use: Three Arguments against Ted Sider's Four-Dimensionalism\u003Cbr>Mike Anthony\u003Cbr>[info@ubiquitypress.com](info@ubiquitypress.com)\u003Cbr>Follow this and additional works at: [https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/ijurca](https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/ijurca) |  |\n\nRecommended Citation  \nAnthony, Mike (2023) \"Improper Parts, Restricted Existence, and Use: Three Arguments against Ted Sider's Four-Dimensionalism,\" International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities:  \nVol. 2: Iss. 2, Article 2.  \nAvailable at: [https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/ijurca/vol2/iss2/2](https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/ijurca/vol2/iss2/2)  \nThis Article is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@CWU. It has been accepted for inclusion in International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities by an authorized editor of ScholarWorks@CWU. For more information, please contact [scholarworks@cwu.edu](scholarworks@cwu.edu).  \nImproper Parts, Restricted Existence, and Use: Three Arguments against Ted Sider's Four-Dimensionalism  \nAbstract  \nThis paper raises and defends three classes of objections to Ted Sider's argument from vagueness in his recent work, Four-Dimensionalism. The first class argues that Sider's case for four-dimensionalism is superfluous, that is, “mereologically promiscuous three-dimensionalists” can accept his argument yet maintain a compatible variety of three-dimensionalism that accepts the existence of temporal parts as improper parts of otherwise enduring wholes. Second, Sider's argument begs the question of unrestricted composition by presupposing an unrestricted conception of objecthood that the three-dimensionalist can freely reject. Finally, Sider's project offends ontology by undermining a deep ontological distinction between temporal existence and extension. Even assuming that any defense of this distinction will be circular, Sider's account contradicts our commonsense and reflective thought concerning existence without sufficient reason to justify this revision. Since three-dimensionalism can preserve our distinctionsin conjunction with granting existence to temporal parts, it is to be preferred.  \nThis article is available in International Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities:  \n[https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/ijurca/vol2/iss2/2](https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/ijurca/vol2/iss2/2)  \nImproper Parts, Restricted Existence, and Use: Three Arguments against Ted Sider's Four-Dimensionalism  \nMike Anthony  \nUniversity of Victoria  \nPublished online: 26 July 2010 © Mike Anthony 2010  \nThis paper raises and defends three classes of objections to Ted Sider's argument from vagueness in his recent work, Four-Dimensionalism. 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