# PHIL-D-23-00016 (2) **Keywords:** sounds, sound sources, hearing, perception, perceptual objects, auditory streams **Abstract:** Philosophical tradition holds that sounds, like colors, are sensible properties. Recently, however, there is a growing consensus in favor of the view that sounds are particulars, not properties. This article bucks the trend: it argues for the Event-Property View of Sounds—a widely overlooked and intuitively plausible version of the traditional view that not only avoids the difficulties that have led philosophers to opt for particularist alternatives, but does justice to the best insights of recent philosophical and empirical work on audition. In other words, it saves the truth in tradition by transforming it in light of new insight. Powered by Editorial Manager® and ProduXion Manager® from Aries Systems Corporation Title Page With All Author Information Click here to view linked References The Event-Property View of Sounds Word count: ~10,700 (incl. notes) ABSTRACT. Philosophical tradition holds that sounds, like colors, are sensible properties. Recently, however, there is a growing consensus in favor of the view that sounds are particulars, not properties. This article bucks the trend: it argues for the Event-Property View of Sounds—a widely overlooked and intuitively plausible version of the traditional view that not only avoids the difficulties that have led philosophers to opt for particularist alternatives, but does justice to the best insights of recent philosophical and empirical work on audition. In other words, it saves the truth in tradition by transforming it in li **Authors:** [[Full Title:]]