The Nature of Events
FAIN: FT-12070-74
Myles Brand
Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Chicago, IL 60612-4305)
To study the metaphysical question: what is the nature of events? This question has become particularly pressing in recent years as a result of work on the nature of causation and human action. This study attempts to defend a theory that claims that events are similar in relevant aspects to physical objects.