Abstract:

When the presentist utters a proposition about some object that existed at a time but no longer exists now (presently) it is not clear what makes that proposition true. One solution offered by presentists is to posit presently existing surrogate entities that ‘stand in place’ for these merely past objects. But such entities have been accused of being dubious and pointing beyond. If such entities are accepted the question of what they ‘point beyond’ to must be answered. If they are rejected, the proper truthmakers must be identified. I argue that the most obvious candidate for the job is a logical consequence of the presentist’s position: merely past objects have an alternative mode of being.