8 ideas
18914 | Davidson controversially proposed to quantify over events [Davidson, by Engelbretsen] |
16007 | I assume existence, rather than reasoning towards it [Kierkegaard] |
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] |
8278 | The claim that events are individuated by their causal relations to other events is circular [Lowe on Davidson] |
16654 | Our words and concepts don't always correspond to what is out there [William of Ockham] |
16013 | Nothing necessary can come into existence, since it already 'is' [Kierkegaard] |