Single Idea 9427

[catalogued under 7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 1. Nature of Existence]

Full Idea

For Humeans the world is a world primarily of events.

Gist of Idea

For Humeans the world is a world primarily of events

Source

Stephen Mumford (Laws in Nature [2004], 03.6)

Book Reference

Mumford,Stephen: 'Laws in Nature' [Routledge 2006], p.49


A Reaction

An event is not sufficiently precise or determinate to form a basis for an ontological system. I can see that we are all mainly interested in events, but I'm not sure anyone could see them as constituting the world. Isn't their world just 'impressions'?