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| Event: A change of state. The event itself has no duration, otherwise the beginning and the end of the event would have to have their own duration or the beginning and the end of an event in turn would be independent events. See also regress, process, flux, change, states._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Uwe Meixner on Events - Dictionary of Arguments
I 167 f Event/Davidson/Meixner: from the true sentence "Hans laughed loudly" follows logically "Hans laughed" but not according to predicate logic. >Propositional Logic, >Predicate Logic. How can we receive a in conclusion predicate logic? Solution: We must assume that there are events as entities. ((s) for the quantification): "For at least one current event applies it is noisy and a laugh from Hans". (Ditto for the two part-state of affairs loudness and laughter). >"Adverbial analysis", >Quantification, >States of affairs. Event/ontology/Meixner: however, it is not even decided whether they are objects or functions. >Ontology, >Objects, >Function. Event/LewisVsDavidson: as properties they are functions. >Properties/Lewis, >Events/Lewis. DavidsonVsLewis: as individuals they are objects. >Events/Davidson._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Mei I U. Meixner Einführung in die Ontologie Darmstadt 2004 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-18