Single Idea 8860

[catalogued under 7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / a. Nature of events]

Full Idea

One needs a better reason for believing in events than the help they provide with language-learning.

Gist of Idea

Language-learning is not good enough evidence for the existence of events

Source

comment on Donald Davidson (The Logical Form of Action Sentences [1967], §8) by Stephen Yablo - Apriority and Existence §8

Book Reference

'New Essays on the A Priori', ed/tr. Boghossian,P /Peacocke,C [OUP 2000], p.208


A Reaction

I can almost believe in micro-events at the quantum level, but I cannot believe that the Renaissance (made of events within events within events) is an event, even though I may 'quantify over it', and discuss its causes and effects.