The Four-Dimensionalist View

The Four-Dimensionalist View sees objects as extended through both space and time, meaning they are composed of many "time slices" or stages. Instead of thinking of an object as just a single, static thing, four-dimensionalism considers it as a unified entity that exists across a span of time, similar to how a movie is a sequence of individual frames. Each stage shows the object at a different moment, all connected, so the object’s identity is spread out through time, allowing change and persistence to be understood as part of its ongoing existence.