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The Architecture of Persistence: A Defence of Perdurantism against the Problem of Temporary Intrinsics OGAR, Thomas Eneji; Fidelis, Paalee; George, Aboka
Jurnal Ilmu Sosiologi Dialektika Kontemporer Vol 13, No 2 (2025): Juli – December 2025
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This paper examines the central metaphysical debate concerning how objects persist through time: endurantism versus perdurantism. Endurantism posits that objects are wholly present at each moment of their existence, enduring through time as three-dimensional entities. In contrast, perdurantism contends that objects are four-dimensional space-time worms, composed of temporal parts, with only a part present at any given time. The core of this inquiry focuses on the “Problem of Temporary Intrinsics”—how a single object can possess contradictory intrinsic properties (e.g., being bent and being straight) at different times without violating the law of non-contradiction. This paper argues that while endurantism aligns with our common-sense intuition of persistence, it fails to provide a satisfactory solution to this problem, resorting to problematic claims about property instantiation being relative to time. Conversely, perdurantism offers a more ontologically parsimonious and logically coherent solution by attributing the different properties to different temporal parts of the same space-time worm. Through a critical analysis of both theories and their responses to this fundamental puzzle, this paper concludes that perdurantism, despite its counter-intuitive nature, presents a superior framework for understanding the metaphysics of persistence and change.
From Extraction to Partnership: Epistemic Injustice and the Institutionalization of Research Practices in Nigerian Social Science Ogar, Thomas; Aboka, George; Fidelis, Paalee
Pinisi Journal of Social Science Vol 4, No 2 (2025): September
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This paper presents a comprehensive philosophical examination of how epistemic injustice becomes embedded within the institutional architecture of social scientific research, using Nigeria as a paradigmatic case study. Moving beyond Miranda Fricker's foundational framework, we argue that epistemic injustice in postcolonial research contexts operates not merely as interpersonal ethical failure but as systematically reproduced structural violence enabled by what we term “epistemic extraction regimes.” Through detailed analysis of Nigeria's research ecosystem, encompassing ethics review boards, funding mechanisms, methodological protocols, and knowledge dissemination practices, we demonstrate how testimonial and hermeneutical injustices become normalized through institutional procedures that privilege Northern epistemological frameworks while marginalizing indigenous knowledge systems. The paper develops the original concepts of “hermeneutical foreclosure” and “testimonial instrumentalization” to describe how institutional practices actively preclude alternative ways of knowing. Drawing extensively from Nigerian philosophical traditions, including Yoruba epistemology, Igbo metaphysical systems, and contemporary African philosophical discourse, We propose a radical reimagining of social research grounded in what we call “epistemic consociation”, a framework for knowledge production that honors epistemological pluralism while maintaining rigorous scholarly standards. The argument contributes to both social epistemology and philosophy of social science by demonstrating how institutional structures actively constitute, rather than merely mediate, epistemic relations in postcolonial research contexts.
Co-Authors Aboka, George George, Aboka Ogar, Thomas Ogar, Thomas Eneji