Events and Their Names
Events and Their Names by Jonathan Bennett is a thought-provoking exploration published by Hackett Publishing in January 1988. This New Edition spans 243 pages and is presented in English. The book delves into the nature of events and their significance in our language and thought, offering a detailed examination of how events are conceptualized and discussed.
Readers will find that Bennett articulates his views on the essence of events and the functioning of event-related language. He contends that much of the metaphysical discourse surrounding events is actually rooted in semantic considerations. The work also addresses historical perspectives on events, referencing thinkers like Leibniz and Kim, while challenging prevailing semantic theories that have obscured a deeper understanding of events.
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In this study of events and their places in our language and thought, Bennett propounds and defends views about what kind of item an event is, how the language of events works, and about how these two themes are interrelated. He argues that most of the supposedly metaphysical literature is really about the semantics of their names, and that the true metaphysic of events–known by Leibniz and rediscovered by Kim–has not been universally accepted because it has been tarred with the brush of a false semantic theory.
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