The metaphysics of extrinsic properties / Vera Hoffmann-Kolss.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoffmann-Kolss, Vera.

Series:

Metaphysical Research

Metaphysical research ; Bd. 11

Metaphysical Research ; 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Metaphysics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 p.)

Place of Publication:

Frankfurt : Ontos Verlag, 2010.

Language Note:

English

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

Contents:

pt. 1. The intrinsic/extrinsic distinction

pt. 2. Extrinsic properties in the framework of physicalism.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3-86838-077-9

3-11-032614-0

OCLC:

851972132