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7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / a. Nature of events

6143	Prolonged events don't seem to endure or exist at any particular time [Merricks]
	Full Idea: That events endure is difficult to reconcile with the claim that, say, the American Civil War existed; for such an event seems never to have been 'wholly present' at any single time.
	From: Trenton Merricks (Objects and Persons [2003], §3 n14)
	A reaction: A nice problem example for those who, like Kim, want their ontology to include events. Personally I am happy to allow some vagueness here. The Civil War only became an 'event' on the day it finished. An event's time need not be an instant.