Ideas from 'The Individuation of Events' by Donald Davidson [1969], by Theme Structure
[found in 'Essays on Actions and Events' by Davidson,Donald [OUP 1982,0-19-824637-4]].
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5. Theory of Logic / G. Quantification / 2. Domain of Quantification
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Davidson controversially proposed to quantify over events [Engelbretsen]
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7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / b. Events as primitive
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You can't identify events by causes and effects, as the event needs to be known first [Dummett]
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Events can only be individuated causally [Schaffer,J]
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We need events for action statements, causal statements, explanation, mind-and-body, and adverbs [Bourne]
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7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / c. Reduction of events
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The claim that events are individuated by their causal relations to other events is circular [Lowe]
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