Neo-Davidsonian ontology of events

Linguistics and Philosophy 44 (1):1-41 (2019)
  Copy   BIBTEX

Abstract

Recent Neo-Davidsonian accounts of the semantics of progressive constructions of action verbs reflect an ontological distinction between processes or incomplete events on the one hand, and complete events on the other. This paper has two goals. First, it attempts to show that this putative ontological distinction is beset with problems. The second goal of this paper is to offer the beginnings of a positive proposal that seeks to show how the ontologically austere Davidsonian can account for the truth conditions of progressive constructions without the need for an enriched ontology.

Links

PhilArchive



    Upload a copy of this work     Papers currently archived: 90,616

External links

Setup an account with your affiliations in order to access resources via your University's proxy server

Through your library

Similar books and articles

A Study of Davidsonian Events.Wan-Chuan Fang - 1984 - Dissertation, University of California, Irvine
Radical quotation and real repetition.David Roden - 2004 - Ratio 17 (2):191–206.
Coarsening Brand on Events, while Proliferating Davidsonian Events. Engel - 1994 - Grazer Philosophische Studien 47 (1):155-183.
Can Ontology Do Without Events?Nicholas Wolterstorff - 1979 - Grazer Philosophische Studien 7 (1):177-201.
Can Ontology Do Without Events?Nicholas Wolterstorff - 1979 - Grazer Philosophische Studien 7 (1):177-201.

Analytics

Added to PP
2019-12-19

Downloads
47 (#298,872)

6 months
8 (#157,827)

Historical graph of downloads
How can I increase my downloads?

Citations of this work

Add more citations

References found in this work

Word and Object.Willard Van Orman Quine - 1960 - Cambridge, MA, USA: MIT Press.
Supervenience and mind: selected philosophical essays.Jaegwon Kim - 1993 - New York, NY, USA: Cambridge University Press.
Word and Object.Willard Van Orman Quine - 1960 - Les Etudes Philosophiques 17 (2):278-279.

View all 72 references / Add more references