Abstract

In contemporary metaphysics of time, especially in the debates about the nature of time and identity over time, there are debates about how things have preserved their identities over time, even if they have changed. In this work, we will examine the question of identity in the context of part-whole opposition when we encounter it in contemporary metaphysical discussions. There are basically two opposing arguments here. In terms of province, if there is change, it is not possible for anything to be the same before and after the change and thus to remain identical to itself. According to the second, in order for change to be possible, it is necessary to assume the existence of something that has already remained the same before and after the change. Despite these two contrasts, however, it seems that identities of things over time cannot be achieved and they are both timeless in terms of parts and whole.