“Acts, Events and Things”
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“Acts, Events and Things” is a philosophical work by Kit Fine that examines the metaphysical nature and distinctions between actions, events, and objects.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Acts, Events and Things | 1 |
| “Acts, Events and Things” canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11850463 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “Acts, Events and Things” Context triple: [Kit Fine, hasWritten, “Acts, Events and Things”]
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A.
ACTS
ACTS was the U.S. Army Air Corps’ interwar professional military school that developed many of the strategic airpower doctrines later used in World War II.
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B.
The Event
The Event is an American science fiction television series that blends political thriller elements with a mysterious, conspiracy-driven narrative involving a secretive group of non-human detainees.
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C.
Happenings
Happenings were an experimental art movement of the late 1950s and 1960s that blended performance, visual art, and audience participation into spontaneous, often unpredictable events.
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D.
Ereignis
Ereignis is Martin Heidegger’s key philosophical concept often translated as “event of appropriation,” denoting the fundamental happening in which Being and human beings come into their proper relation.
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E.
All Things at Once
All Things at Once is a memoir by television journalist Mika Brzezinski that reflects on her personal and professional life, exploring themes of work-life balance, ambition, and family.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: “Acts, Events and Things” Target entity description: “Acts, Events and Things” is a philosophical work by Kit Fine that examines the metaphysical nature and distinctions between actions, events, and objects.
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A.
ACTS
ACTS was the U.S. Army Air Corps’ interwar professional military school that developed many of the strategic airpower doctrines later used in World War II.
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B.
The Event
The Event is an American science fiction television series that blends political thriller elements with a mysterious, conspiracy-driven narrative involving a secretive group of non-human detainees.
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C.
Happenings
Happenings were an experimental art movement of the late 1950s and 1960s that blended performance, visual art, and audience participation into spontaneous, often unpredictable events.
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D.
Ereignis
Ereignis is Martin Heidegger’s key philosophical concept often translated as “event of appropriation,” denoting the fundamental happening in which Being and human beings come into their proper relation.
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E.
All Things at Once
All Things at Once is a memoir by television journalist Mika Brzezinski that reflects on her personal and professional life, exploring themes of work-life balance, ambition, and family.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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philosopher ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ |
| addresses |
identity conditions for actions
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identity conditions for events ⓘ identity conditions for things ⓘ relations between actions and their agents ⓘ relations between events and their participants ⓘ relations between things and their properties ⓘ |
| author | Kit Fine ⓘ |
| concerns |
ontology of actions
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ontology of events ⓘ ontology of material objects ⓘ |
| examines |
distinctions between actions and events
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distinctions between actions and things ⓘ distinctions between events and things ⓘ metaphysical nature of actions ⓘ metaphysical nature of events ⓘ metaphysical nature of objects ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy | analytic philosophy ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
logic
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metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ |
| hasAuthorPhilosopher | Kit Fine ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | realist approach to metaphysical categories ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
acts
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events ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ objects ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Acts, Events and Things
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linked to:
“Acts, Events and Things”
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| philosophicalSubdiscipline |
ontology
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philosophy of action ⓘ philosophy of events ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | analytic metaphysics ⓘ |
| relatedWorkAuthor | Kit Fine ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: “Acts, Events and Things” Description of subject: “Acts, Events and Things” is a philosophical work by Kit Fine that examines the metaphysical nature and distinctions between actions, events, and objects.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
“Acts, Events and Things”
linked to: “Acts, Events and Things”