1st Edition

Events: A Metaphysical Study

By Lawrence Brian Lombard Copyright 1986
286 Pages
by Routledge

286 Pages
by Routledge

286 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1986. The theory of events presented is one that construes events to be concrete particulars; and it embodies an attempt to take seriously the idea that events are the changes that objects undergo when they change. The theory is about what an event really is, about when events are identical, about what properties events have essentially, and about what relations events... Read more

Preface 1. Existential Proofs 2. Criteria of Identity and the Natures of Objects 3. Some Theories of Events 4. Change 5. Events and Changes 6. Events as Changes 7. Events and their Essences 8. The Supervenience of Events. Appendix: Some Lingering Issues

Biography

Lawrence Brian Lombard