How to Identify Negative Actions with Positive Events

Australasian Journal of Philosophy 96 (1):87-101 (2018)
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It is often assumed that, while ordinary actions are events, ‘negative actions’ are absences of events. I claim that a negative action is an ordinary, ‘positive’ event that plays a certain role. I argue that my approach can answer standard objections to the identity of negative actions and positive events.

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Jonathan D. Payton
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