| Description |
1 online resource (222 pages :) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Metaphysical research ; Bd. 11
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Metaphysical research ; Bd. 11.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. The intrinsic/extrinsic distinction -- pt. 2. Extrinsic properties in the framework of physicalism. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Metaphysics.
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Metaphysics. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hoffmann-Kolss, Vera. Metaphysics of Extrinsic Properties. Berlin : De Gruyter, ©2010 9783110325287 |
| ISBN |
9783110326147 (e-book) |
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3110326140 (e-book) |
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3868380779 |
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9783868380774 |
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3110325284 |
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9783110325287 |
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9783868380774 |
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9783110325287 |
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