The Metaphysics of Extrinsic Properties

This book aims to develop a philosophical theory of extrinsic properties - of properties whose instantiation by an object does not only depend on what the object itself is like, but also on features of its environment. Various accounts of the intrinsic/extrinsic distinction are analysed in detail, and it is argued that the most promising approach to defining this distinction is to consider extrinsic properties as a particular type of relational property. Moreover, it is shown that two key notions in the metaphysics of properties, the supervenience relation and the dispositional/categorical distinction, whose scope is usually restricted to intrinsic properties, can fruitfully be applied to extrinsic properties as well.

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• Authors: Vera Hoffmann-Kolss
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2010
• EAN: 9783110325287
• ISBN: 978-3-11-032528-7
• No. of pages: 222
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 20 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 426 g
• Illustrations: Zahl. Abb.
• Series: Metaphysical Research; Metaphysical Research; ISSN
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > 20th and 21st centuries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Logik, 1500 bis heute, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, Philosophie / Philosophiegeschichte, Philosophie / Logik, Metaphysik; Ontologie; Philosophie