On Events: Individuation, Exemplification, and Instantiation. This paper examines several philosophical concepts related to events and event substantiation.
Date Submitted: 06/04/2004 21:37:29
Category: / Social Sciences / Philosophy
Length: 9 pages (2476 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Philosophy
Length: 9 pages (2476 words)
Antone S. Perreira
Metaphysics
Essay 2
On Events: Individuation, Exemplification, and Instantiation
Was Brutus's killing of Caesar a singular event, or in fact a plurality of events taken in context to one another? The concept, and ontological implications of answering this question are vast, and present philosophers with an array of possibilities in exploring the nature and metaphysical breadth of events. General consensus has been reached on the subject relative to the characterization of events as …
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…of concurrent instantiations across time.
Works Cited
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