Perdurantism

Perdurantism is a way of thinking about how things exist in time. Perdurantism says that things exist as a whole object, even though it might be in different places and states at different times. Imagine a strawberry cake: when it is being made, it is a bowl of batter. After baking, it is a cake. When you eat it, it is pieces of cake. Perdurantism says that all of these different states and places are still the same cake; the cake itself just changed over time.