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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Events as property exemplifications' and 'Problems in the Explanation of Action'

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9 ideas

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / c. Reduction of events
10369 How fine-grained Kim's events are depends on how finely properties are individuated [Kim, by Schaffer,J]
8974 Events are composed of an object with an attribute at a time [Kim, by Simons]
8975 Events cannot be merely ordered triples, but must specify the link between the elements [Kim, by Simons]
8976 If events are ordered triples of items, such things seem to be sets, and hence abstract [Simons on Kim]
8977 Since properties like self-identity and being 2+2=4 are timeless, Kim must restrict his properties [Simons on Kim]
8980 Kim's theory results in too many events [Simons on Kim]
9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 8. Continuity of Rivers
579 Cratylus said you couldn't even step into the same river once [Cratylus, by Aristotle]
13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 1. Scepticism
578 Cratylus decided speech was hopeless, and his only expression was the movement of a finger [Cratylus, by Aristotle]
20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 1. Intention to Act / b. Types of intention
20074 We can keep Davidson's account of intentions in action, by further explaining prior intentions [Davidson, by Stout,R]