The Metaphysics of Extrinsic Properties / / Vera Hoffmann-Kolss.

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• VerfasserIn: Hoffmann-Kolss, Vera,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2013]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Metaphysical Research , 11
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (222 p.) :; Zahl. Abb.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; PREFACE --; PART I: THE INTRINSIC/EXTRINSIC DISTINCTION --; 1. Introduction: An Intuitive Definition --; 2. Ontological Background --; 3. Defining Intrinsic and Extrinsic Properties --; 4. Haecceitistic Properties --; 5. General Features of the Intrinsic/ Extrinsic Distinction --; 6. Defining Intrinsic and Extrinsic Relations --; PART II: EXTRINSIC PROPERTIES IN THE FRAMEWORK OF PHYSICALISM --; 1. Introduction: Extrinsic Properties and the Multi-Layered Picture of the World --; 2. Supervenience of Extrinsic Properties --; 3. Extrinsic Dispositions --; Final Remarks --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110326147; 9783110238570; 9783110238488; 9783110636949; 9783110331226; 9783110331219
• ISSN: 2198-2120
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110326147
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Vera Hoffmann-Kolss.

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.