Towards a More Plausible Exemplification Theory of Events |
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Authors: | Noel Hendrickson |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Philosophy, James Madison University, MSC 7504, Harrisonburg, VA 22807, USA |
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Abstract: | Among the most well-known accounts of events is Jaegwon Kim’s exemplification theory, which identifies each event with a property
exemplification (often modeled as an “ordered triple” of an entity, property type, and time). Two of the most influential
rival event theorists (Lawrence Lombard and Jonathan Bennett) have urged rejecting exemplificationism on the basis of the
charge that it ultimately conflates events with facts Lombard (1986): Events: A Metaphysical Study. Routledge & Kegan Paul; Bennett (1988):Events and their Names. Hackett Publishing Company]. In response, I offer a detailed examination of Lombard and Bennett’s arguments that exemplificationism
undermines the event/fact distinction. I then develop and defend a modified version of Kim’s account that overcomes this objection,
and so constitutes a more plausible exemplification theory of events. |
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