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| ISBN: | 9783110326147
3110326140
3868380779
9783868380774
3110325284
9783110325287
9783868380774
9783110325287
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| Digital file characteristics: | text file
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Summary: | 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 dis.
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| Other form: | Print version: Hoffmann-Kolss, Vera. Metaphysics of Extrinsic Properties. Berlin : De Gruyter, ©2010 9783110325287
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