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'Metaphysics: the logical approach', 'The Myth of Sisyphus' and 'The Logical Form of Action Sentences'
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7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / a. Nature of events
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We need 'events' to explain adverbs, which are adjectival predicates of events [Davidson, by Lycan]
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Language-learning is not good enough evidence for the existence of events [Yablo on Davidson]
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If slowness is a property of walking rather than the walker, we must allow that events exist [Benardete,JA]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 8. Stuff / a. Pure stuff
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Early pre-Socratics had a mass-noun ontology, which was replaced by count-nouns [Benardete,JA]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / d. Commitment of theories
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If the best theory of adverbs refers to events, then our ontology should include events [Davidson, by Sider]
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