Our tables, steam yachts, and potatoes are events of comparatively small spatial and large temporal dimensions. The eye of a potato is an event temporally coextensive with the whole, but spatially smaller. The steam-yacht-during-an-hour is an event spatially as large as the yacht but temporally smaller. But the steam-yacht-during-an-hour is an element in a larger whole as is the eye of the potato. — Goodman, Structure of Appearance, 1951
Something seems to be missing here though, not convinced either will do. — jorndoe
When thinking of objects or mechanisms consciousness forms a gestalt of them, that is a object or a mechanism is a whole with parts or properties. Simple, right? But what about events. — Josh Alfred
No, Not at all simple for me.When thinking of objects or mechanisms consciousness forms a gestalt of them, that is a object or a mechanism is a whole with parts or properties. Simple, right? — Josh Alfred
An event is determined mainly by time, place and form. These must be all known and mentioned to call something an event. They are all needed to verify the truthfulness of an event, i.e. to prove that something has actually occurred. And this is the problem with a lot of articles in newspapers and magazines: they often omit to mention the time element! And you ask, "Well, when has that happened?" or "When is this article written?" etc.What do events reduce to? — Josh Alfred
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