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Full Idea
My own preference is for a conception of events which reduces them to changes in the properties of or relations between things.
Gist of Idea
Events are changes in the properties of or relations between things
Source
E.J. Lowe (A Survey of Metaphysics [2002], p.245)
Book Ref
Lowe,E.J.: 'A Survey of Metaphysics' [OUP 2002], p.245
A Reaction
Changes of property and changes of relations are two very different things. Is a 'near miss' an event? If so, is any movement an event? If movement is relative, then so are events.