Events as Derived Objects
Friederike Moltmann
There are two philosophical conceptions of events. On one conception events are primitive objects, on a par with individuals. On the other view, events are derived objects, dependent on individuals, properties, and times. The first view, Davidson's view, is associated with the semantic assumption that events act as additional arguments of verbs, and it is certainly the most commonly adopted and influential view in linguistic semantics. This paper explores the second view.