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'Material Beings', 'Events as property exemplifications' and 'A Short History of Decay'
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7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / c. Reduction of events
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How fine-grained Kim's events are depends on how finely properties are individuated [Kim, by Schaffer,J]
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If events are ordered triples of items, such things seem to be sets, and hence abstract [Simons on Kim]
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Events cannot be merely ordered triples, but must specify the link between the elements [Kim, by Simons]
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Events are composed of an object with an attribute at a time [Kim, by Simons]
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Since properties like self-identity and being 2+2=4 are timeless, Kim must restrict his properties [Simons on Kim]
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Kim's theory results in too many events [Simons on Kim]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 8. Stuff / a. Pure stuff
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I reject talk of 'stuff', and treat it in terms of particles [Inwagen]
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7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / d. Vagueness as linguistic
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Singular terms can be vague, because they can contain predicates, which can be vague [Inwagen]
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