This book investigates the ontological status of events and the linguistic structures used to identify them. Jonathan Bennett, a prominent philosopher, examines the intersection of metaphysics and semantics to clarify how we conceptualize occurrences. He posits that much of the existing metaphysical literature on events is misdirected, focusing on the semantics of names rather than the nature of the events themselves. By revisiting the theories of Leibniz and Jaegwon Kim, Bennett argues that a false semantic theory has prevented the universal acceptance of a coherent metaphysics of events.

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