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Single Idea 8518

[from 'The Metaphysic of Abstract Particulars' by Keith Campbell, in 7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / c. Reduction of events ]

Full Idea

Events are widely acknowledged to be particulars, but they are plainly not ordinary concrete particulars. They are best viewed as trope-sequences, in which one condition gives way to another. They are changes in which tropes replace one another.

Gist of Idea

Events are trope-sequences, in which tropes replace one another

Source

Keith Campbell (The Metaphysic of Abstract Particulars [1981], §3)

Book Reference

'Properties', ed/tr. Mellor,D.H. /Oliver,A [OUP 1997], p.129


A Reaction

If nothing exists except bundles of tropes, it is worth asking WHY one trope would replace another. Some tropes are active (i.e. they are best described as 'powers').