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<p>This paper defends Forrest’s (2004, 2006) “Dead Past” response to the Epistemic Objection to the Growing Block theory, against the common charge—voiced by Braddon-Mitchell (2004, 2013), Grandjean (2022), and Graziani (2024)—that it populates the past with philosophical zombies. I argue that this objection rests on a mischaracterization of the nature of past beings in a “Dead Past” GB-universe, and support an inactivist account of the past. I then address a potential objection to this response and conclude by advancing what I take to be more pressing concerns about the nature of past beings within the “Dead Past” view, given my preferred inactivist account.</p>

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Dead Past Minus the Zombies

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    2025年12月9日

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  • Hugo Luzio

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This paper defends Forrest’s (2004, 2006) “Dead Past” response to the Epistemic Objection to the Growing Block theory, against the common charge—voiced by Braddon-Mitchell (2004, 2013), Grandjean (2022), and Graziani (2024)—that it populates the past with philosophical zombies. I argue that this objection rests on a mischaracterization of the nature of past beings in a “Dead Past” GB-universe, and support an inactivist account of the past. I then address a potential objection to this response and conclude by advancing what I take to be more pressing concerns about the nature of past beings within the “Dead Past” view, given my preferred inactivist account.