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Full Idea
I propose to identify an event with a property, or in other words with a class, a unique spatio-temporal region corresponding to where that event occurs.
Gist of Idea
An event is a property of a unique space-time region
Source
David Lewis (Events [1986], II)
Book Ref
Lewis,David: 'Philosophical Papers Vol.2' [OUP 1986], p.245
A Reaction
[I've run together two separate bits, on p.244 and 245] Lewis cites Montague's similar view, that events are properties of times.
| 15561 | The events that suit semantics may not be the events that suit causation [Lewis] |
| 15562 | Causation is a general relation derived from instances of causal dependence [Lewis] |
| 15564 | An event is a property of a unique space-time region [Lewis] |
| 15563 | Properties are very abundant (unlike universals), and are used for semantics and higher-order variables [Lewis] |
| 15565 | Events have inbuilt essences, as necessary conditions for their occurrence [Lewis] |
| 15566 | Events are classes, and so there is a mereology of their parts [Lewis] |
| 15567 | Some events involve no change; they must, because causal histories involve unchanges [Lewis] |