Becoming: A Modest Proposal

Becoming: A Modest Proposal

In this paper I attempt a new approach to an old technical term: 'becoming'. I show how the theory that becoming is coming-to-be could be supported by a semantic derivation of the nominalization 'becoming' from its verbal counterpart, by investigating the properties of the presen...

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Veröffentlicht in:Philosophical studies 1976-09, Vol.30 (3), p.161-170
1. Verfasser: McGilvray, James A.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Becoming
Derivational morphology
Metaphysics
Nominalization
Philosophical analysis
Presentness
Presuppositions
Simultaneity
Technical terms
Verbs
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Zusammenfassung:In this paper I attempt a new approach to an old technical term: 'becoming'. I show how the theory that becoming is coming-to-be could be supported by a semantic derivation of the nominalization 'becoming' from its verbal counterpart, by investigating the properties of the present progressive constructions in which 'becoming' as a verbal appears. My theory denies that dates, or qualitative change, play an essential rôle in the analysis of becoming.
ISSN:0031-8116
1573-0883
DOI:10.1007/BF00355272