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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 1. Nature of Existence

14463

Existence can only be asserted of something described, not of something named [Russell]

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

9843	You can't identify events by causes and effects, as the event needs to be known first [Dummett on Davidson]

14602

Events can only be individuated causally [Davidson, by Schaffer,J]

14004

We need events for action statements, causal statements, explanation, mind-and-body, and adverbs [Davidson, by Bourne]

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / c. Reduction of events

8278	The claim that events are individuated by their causal relations to other events is circular [Lowe on Davidson]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 7. Fictionalism

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Classes are logical fictions, made from defining characteristics [Russell]