The metaphysics of extrinsic properties /

The metaphysics of extrinsic properties /

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Author / Creator:	Hoffmann-Kolss, Vera.
Imprint:	Frankfurt : Ontos Verlag, 2010.
Description:	1 online resource (222 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Metaphysical research ; Bd. 11 Metaphysical research ; Bd. 11.
Subject:	Metaphysics. Metaphysics. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11201226

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

Table of Contents:

pt. 1. The intrinsic/extrinsic distinction
pt. 2. Extrinsic properties in the framework of physicalism.