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All the ideas for 'Events', 'Philosophia Epicurea' and 'On the Pragmatics of Communications'

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

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Some events involve no change; they must, because causal histories involve unchanges [Lewis]

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The events that suit semantics may not be the events that suit causation [Lewis]

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Events have inbuilt essences, as necessary conditions for their occurrence [Lewis]

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Events are classes, and so there is a mereology of their parts [Lewis]

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

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An event is a property of a unique space-time region [Lewis]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 10. Properties as Predicates

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Properties are very abundant (unlike universals), and are used for semantics and higher-order variables [Lewis]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / b. Form as principle

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Form is the principle that connects a thing's constitution (rather than being operative) [Hill,N]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 6. Meaning as Use

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To understand language is to know how to use it to reach shared understandings [Habermas]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation

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Causation is a general relation derived from instances of causal dependence [Lewis]