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8386 | Events are picked out by descriptions, and facts by whole sentences [Crane] |
Full Idea: Events are picked out using descriptions ('The death of Caesar'), while facts are picked out using whole sentences ('Caesar died'). | |
From: Tim Crane (Causation [1995], 1.4.2) | |
A reaction: Useful, and interesting. He mentions that Kim's usage doesn't agree with this. For analysis purposes, this means that an event is a more minimal item than a fact, and many facts will contain events as components. |