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Author_Vera Hoffmann-Kolss
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Metaphysik
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- ISBN 9783110325287
- Weight: 427g
- Dimensions: 148 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 26 May 2010
- Publisher: De Gruyter
- Publication City/Country: DE
- Product Form: Hardback
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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.
