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Action is description-dependent (Mary-example: Mary shots the lion and kills the cow.) - Events are description-independent. >Events/Davidson, >actions/Davidson.

Glüer II 101
Description/Event/Davidson: E.g. Mary shot at the burglar, but he dies much later.
Identity theory of the events: Problem: the same action.
Solution: these are descriptions of the same event tokens - Mary only has to pull the trigger, the rest does the nature.
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Frank I 675
Description/Identity/Externalism/Davidson: Problem: For example, the sunburn, although as such only describable in relation to the sun, is identical with a condition of my skin that can be described without reference to external factors. >Externalism.


Donald Davidson (1987): Knowing One's Own Mind, in: Proceedings and
Adresses of the American Philosophical Association LX (1987),441-4 58

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