Ideas from 'The Logical Form of Action Sentences' by Donald Davidson [1967], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Essays on Actions and Events' by Davidson,Donald [OUP 1982,0-19-824637-4]].

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

7771	We need 'events' to explain adverbs, which are adjectival predicates of events [Lycan]

8860	Language-learning is not good enough evidence for the existence of events [Yablo]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / d. Commitment of theories

15002

If the best theory of adverbs refers to events, then our ontology should include events [Sider]