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Single Idea 15456
[filed under theme 8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 4. Intrinsic Properties
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Full Idea
Kim suggest that 'extrinsic' properties are those that imply 'accompaniment' (coexisting with some wholly distinct contingent object), whereas 'intrinsic' properties are compatible with 'loneliness' (being un-accompanied).
Gist of Idea
Extrinsic properties, unlike intrinsics, imply the existence of a separate object
Source
report of Jaegwon Kim (Psychophysical supervenience [1982], 9th pg) by David Lewis - Extrinsic Properties II
Book Ref
Lewis,David: 'Papers in Metaphysics and Epistemology' [CUP 1999], p.113
A Reaction
The aim of Kim and Lewis is to get the ontological commitment down to a minimum - in this case just to objects (and mysterious 'implications'!). I like nominalism, but you can't just deny properties. 'Loneliness' is extrinsic!
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[properties that involve no other objects]:
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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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