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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Philosophical Analysis' and 'Events as property exemplifications'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 1. Nature of Analysis

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Analysis aims at the structure of facts, which are needed to give a rationale to analysis [Urmson, by Schaffer,J]

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / c. Reduction of events

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How fine-grained Kim's events are depends on how finely properties are individuated [Kim, by Schaffer,J]

8976	If events are ordered triples of items, such things seem to be sets, and hence abstract [Simons on Kim]

8975	Events cannot be merely ordered triples, but must specify the link between the elements [Kim, by Simons]

8974	Events are composed of an object with an attribute at a time [Kim, by Simons]

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]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 3. Deism

1558	Clearly the gods ignore human affairs, or they would have given us justice [Thrasymachus]