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Single Idea 14093
[filed under theme 8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 4. Intrinsic Properties
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Full Idea
One intuitive gloss on 'intrinsic' property is that a property is intrinsic iff whether or not a thing has it depends entirely on how things stand with it and its parts, and not on its relation to some distinct thing.
Gist of Idea
An 'intrinsic' property is one that depends on a thing and its parts, and not on its relations
Source
Gideon Rosen (Metaphysical Dependence [2010], 02)
Book Ref
'Modality', ed/tr. Hale,B/Hoffman,A [OUP 2010], p.112
A Reaction
He offers this as a useful reward for reviving 'depends on' in metaphysical talk. The problem here would be to explain the 'thing' and its 'parts' without mentioning the target property. The thing certainly can't be a bundle of tropes.
The
18 ideas
with the same theme
[properties that involve no other objects]:
18910
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To seek truth, study the real connections between subjects and attributes
[Aristotle]
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15874
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Scientific properties are not observed qualities, but the dispositions which create them
[Harré]
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15456
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Extrinsic properties, unlike intrinsics, imply the existence of a separate object
[Kim, by Lewis]
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15400
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We must avoid circularity between what is intrinsic and what is natural
[Lewis, by Cameron]
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15458
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A property is 'intrinsic' iff it can never differ between duplicates
[Lewis]
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15459
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Ellipsoidal stars seem to have an intrinsic property which depends on other objects
[Lewis]
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14979
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Being alone doesn't guarantee intrinsic properties; 'being alone' is itself extrinsic
[Lewis, by Sider]
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15454
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Extrinsic properties come in degrees, with 'brother' less extrinsic than 'sibling'
[Lewis]
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15742
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A disjunctive property can be unnatural, but intrinsic if its disjuncts are intrinsic
[Lewis]
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15741
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All of the natural properties are included among the intrinsic properties
[Lewis]
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15397
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If a global intrinsic never varies between possible duplicates, all necessary properties are intrinsic
[Cameron on Lewis]
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15398
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Global intrinsic may make necessarily coextensive properties both intrinsic or both extrinsic
[Cameron on Lewis]
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15435
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If you think universals are immanent, you must believe them to be sparse, and not every related predicate
[Lewis]
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14093
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An 'intrinsic' property is one that depends on a thing and its parts, and not on its relations
[Rosen]
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6145
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Intrinsic properties are those an object still has even if only that object exists
[Merricks]
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14088
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An 'intrinsic' property is either found in every duplicate, or exists independent of all externals
[Linnebo]
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15401
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Essentialists say intrinsic properties arise from what the thing is, irrespective of surroundings
[Cameron]
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15393
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An object's intrinsic properties are had in virtue of how it is, independently
[Cameron]
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