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Single Idea 8440

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

Full Idea

It has been argued that an event's time of occurrence is essential to it.

Gist of Idea

Maybe an event's time of occurrence is essential to it

Source

Jonathan Bennett (Event Causation: counterfactual analysis [1987], p.221)

Book Ref

'Causation', ed/tr. Sosa,E. /Tooley,M. [OUP 1993], p.221


A Reaction

[He cites Lawrence Lombard] This sound initially implausible, particularly if a rival event happened, say, .1 of a second later than the actual event. It might depend on one's view about determinism. Interesting.