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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?
10369 | How fine-grained Kim's events are depends on how finely properties are individuated [Kim, by Schaffer,J] |
8976 | If events are ordered triples of items, such things seem to be sets, and hence abstract [Simons on Kim] |
8975 | Events cannot be merely ordered triples, but must specify the link between the elements [Kim, by Simons] |
8974 | Events are composed of an object with an attribute at a time [Kim, by Simons] |
8977 | Since properties like self-identity and being 2+2=4 are timeless, Kim must restrict his properties [Simons on Kim] |
8980 | Kim's theory results in too many events [Simons on Kim] |