Skip to content
Carmelics
TopicsThinkersChangesContributorsLoading account…

    Carmelics

    A reasoning platform. Break down any belief into clear reasons, explore both sides, and weigh the evidence honestly.

    Navigate

    • Topics
    • Search
    • Recent Changes
    • Contribute
    • How It Works
    • Glossary
    • Thinkers
    • Contributors
    • About
    • Statistics
    • Terms
    • Privacy

    Database

    Statements
    —
    Perspectives
    —
    Topics
    —

    Press ? for keyboard shortcuts

    LoyalLoyalJusticeJustice
    Made withinDC&Austin
    Davidson's extensionalist semantics shows that event iden... — Carmelics
    Statements
    321,452
    Perspectives
    108,905
    Topics
    42
    Home
    HistoryEditSee Inverse

    Part of a larger discussion

    Challenges→Events conceived as facts or fact-like particulars are fine-grained entities that cannot be freely re-described or re-identified under different conceptualizations.

    Davidson's extensionalist semantics shows that event identity is governed by causal roles, not propositional content or conceptualization.

    ?Rate how convincing each reason is below to see the overall strength.
    1 reason for
    1 reason against

    Reasons For

    1 perspective
    Reason for
    ?
    • 1.Physical events are individuated by their causal powers: two events with identical causal roles are the same event, regardless of description.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 2.Mental content supervenes on physical properties; what matters for event identity is the objective causal structure, not subjective conceptualization.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 3.This explains why the same neural event can be described mentalistically or physically without being two events—identity follows causal profile, not vocabulary.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    Reasons Against

    1 perspective
    Reason against
    ?
    • 1.Events seem individuated partly by their constitutive properties (what they are), not only by downstream causal effects. Identity requires both directions.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 2.Two events with identical future causal roles but different origins or intrinsic natures intuitively seem distinct; pure extensionalism misses this.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    • 3.Content and conceptualization affect which causal chains an agent recognizes as relevant, so they do influence how events should be individuated cognitively.
      ?

      Think about whether this reason is strong or weak

    Sign in or register to share your perspective on this statement.

    Next step

    Based on where you are in your exploration

    Strongest counterpoint
    Explore the most compelling reason on the other side.

    Connections

    2 topics

    Truth & Knowledge1 linkedPhilosophy of Language1 linked

    Related

    Content and conceptualization affect which causal chains an agent recognizes as ...Events conceived as facts or fact-like particulars are fine-grained entities tha...Events seem individuated partly by their constitutive properties (what they are)...Mental content supervenes on physical properties; what matters for event identit...
    +3 moreShow less
    Physical events are individuated by their causal powers: two events with identic...This explains why the same neural event can be described mentalistically or phys...Two events with identical future causal roles but different origins or intrinsic...

    Details

    Type
    claim
    Perspectives
    2 (1 for, 1 against)
    Edits
    1 edit