Ontology of Events
Theories
- phenomena that have happened
- phenomena that are scheduled to happen
Moens & Steedman
- Events have beginning and end points
- (what about ongoing events?)
- Events are punctual or extended in time
- Event types:
- Culmination: instantaneous, introduces a transition from one state to another
- Example: Harry reached the top. Harry has reached the top.
- Point: an indivisible whole
- Process: has no culmination
- Example: Harry climbed.
- but couldn't there be an implication that he climbed to somewhere
- CulminatedProcess: a process that has a culmination
- Example: Harry climbed to the top.
- States: indefinitely extending states of affairs
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