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Ideas for 'Individuals without Sortals', 'Are there propositions?' and 'Conspectus libelli (book outline)'

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

17520	Events do not have natural boundaries, and we have to set them [Ayers]
	Full Idea: In order to know which event has been ostensively identified by a speaker, the auditor must know the limits intended by the speaker. ...Events do not have natural boundaries.
	From: M.R. Ayers (Individuals without Sortals [1974], 'Concl')
	A reaction: He distinguishes events thus from natural objects, where the world, to a large extent, offers us the boundaries. Nice point.

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / c. Facts and truths

13988	Many sentences do not state facts, but there are no facts which could not be stated [Ryle]
	Full Idea: There are many sentences which do not state facts, while there are no facts which (in principle) could not be stated.
	From: Gilbert Ryle (Are there propositions? [1930], 'Substitute')
	A reaction: Hm. This seems like a nice challenge. The first problem would be infinite facts. Then complex universal facts, beyond the cognizance of any mind. Then facts that change faster than thinking can change. Do you give up yet? Then there's....