From change to spacetime: an Eleatic journey

TL;DR

This paper proposes a formal ontological framework where the fundamental entities are things or events, leading to a Parmenidean view where change is represented through asymmetries in world-line patterns within a 4D spacetime.

Contribution

It introduces a novel ontological theory that models change as asymmetries in 4D world-lines, aligning with scientific understanding and challenging traditional notions of change.

Findings

Change manifests as asymmetries in world-line patterns

Supports a Parmenidean worldview consistent with science

Models fundamental entities as things or events

Abstract

I present a formal ontological theory where the basic building blocks of the world can be either things or events. In any case, the result is a Parmenidean worldview where change is not a global property. What we understand by change manifests as asymmetries in the pattern of the world-lines that constitute 4-dimensional existents. I maintain that such a view is in accord with current scientific knowledge.