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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, a...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Frankfurt :
Ontos Verlag,
2010.
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| Colección: | Metaphysical research ;
Bd. 11. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (222 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783110326147 3110326140 3868380779 9783868380774 3110325284 9783110325287 |