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Ideas for 'Function and Concept', 'Action, Reasons and Causes' and 'The Concept of Truth for Formalized Languages'

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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence

18899	Frege takes the existence of horses to be part of their concept [Frege, by Sommers]
	Full Idea: Frege regarded the existence of horses as a property of the concept 'horse'.
	From: report of Gottlob Frege (Function and Concept [1891]) by Fred Sommers - Intellectual Autobiography 'Realism'

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / b. Events as primitive

7949	Varied descriptions of an event will explain varied behaviour relating to it [Davidson, by Macdonald,C]
	Full Idea: Davidson points out that we can only make sense of patterns of behaviour such as excuses if events can have more than one description. So I flip the light switch, turn on the light, illuminate the room, and alert a prowler, but I do only one thing.
	From: report of Donald Davidson (Action, Reasons and Causes [1963]) by Cynthia Macdonald - Varieties of Things Ch.5
	A reaction: We can distinguish an event as an actual object, and as an intentional object. We can probably individuate intentional events quite well (according to our interests), but actual 'events' seem to flow into one another and overlap.