Criteria of Identity and the Individuation of Natural-Kind Events
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10350285 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elias E Savellos (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 807-807 |
| Publication date | 1992-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Philosophy and Phenomenological Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8205 • E-ISSN: 1933-1592 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2307/2107912 |
| OpenAlex | W2335578302 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
To answer (Q) is to solve the problem of event-individuation. Yet (Q), I must immediately note, is a broad question concealing several sub-questions corresponding to distinct conceptions as to what the problem of individuation amounts to. The delineation of some central sub-questions corresponding to diverse conceptions of individuation is the topic of section I. It will emerge that specifying criteria of event-identity is but one of the concerns of event-individuation. The proper role of criteria of event-identity in the context of individuation is taken up in section II. In section III, I depend on a central Aristotelian doctrine of individuality to sketch an account for the individuation of events. In the final section I argue that my proposal is capable of structuring answers that bridge the gap between the diverse conceptions of event-individuation. The themes of this paper are developed under two distinct constraints. The first constraint is that I adopt a particularist viewpoint. Event-particularism, the view that events are legitimate individuals, concrete unrepeatable particulars, has been central to Donald Davidson's theory and, more recently, to the views of such prominent event-theorists as Lawrence Lombard and Myles Brand.' Although I will not attempt to defend particularism, I will assume it to be true, and I will adopt it as my own. The second constraint is that, although I believe that most of what is defended here encompasses all events, I do not attempt to defend a general theory of events, but only a view restricted to what we may call natural-kind
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| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2006 - 2023 (18) |
| Highly cited | No |