[filed under theme 7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / c. Reduction of events
]
Full Idea
Kim's events cannot just be the ordered triple of
Gist of Idea
Events cannot be merely ordered triples, but must specify the link between the elements
Source
report of Jaegwon Kim (Events as property exemplifications [1976]) by Peter Simons - Events 2.1
Book Ref
'The Oxford Handbook of Metaphysics', ed/tr. Loux,M /Zimmerman,D [OUP 2005], p.365
A Reaction
Why should they even be in that particular order? This requirement rather messes up Kim's plan for a very streamlined, Ockhamised ontology. Circles have symmetry at all times. Is 'near Trafalgar Square' a property?
The
19 ideas
with the same theme
[explaining happenings in terms of another mode of existence]: