University of Tennessee, Knoxville TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 8-2018 Actions Are Not Events: An Ontological Objection to the Causal Theory of Action Jiajun Hu University of Tennessee,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss Recommended Citation Hu, Jiajun, "Actions Are Not Events: An Ontological Objection to the Causal Theory of Action. " PhD diss., University of Tennessee, 2018. https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_graddiss/5008 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized administrator of TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. To the Graduate Council: I am submitting herewith a dissertation written by Jiajun Hu entitled "Actions Are Not Events: An Ontological Objection to the Causal Theory of Action." I have examined the final electronic copy of this dissertation for form and content and recommend that it be accepted in partial fulfillment of the equirr ements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, with a major in Philosophy. David W. Palmer, Major Professor We have read this dissertation and recommend its acceptance: Richard E. Aquila, Eldon F. Coffman Jr., Bruce J. MacLennan Accepted for the Council: Dixie L. Thompson Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School (Original signatures are on file with official studentecor r ds.) Actions Are Not Events: An Ontological Objection to the Causal Theory of Action A Dissertation Presented for the Doctor of Philosophy Degree The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Jiajun Hu August 2018 Copyright © 2018 by Jiajun Hu.