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Single Idea 6145

[filed under theme 8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 4. Intrinsic Properties ]

Full Idea

Intrinsic properties are, by and large, those properties that an object can exemplify even if that object and its parts (if any) are the only objects that exist.

Gist of Idea

Intrinsic properties are those an object still has even if only that object exists

Source

Trenton Merricks (Objects and Persons [2003], §4.I)

Book Ref

Merricks,Trenton: 'Objects and Persons' [OUP 2003], p.92

A Reaction

This leads to all sorts of properties that seemed intrinsic turning out to be relational. In what sense would a single object have mass, or impenetrability?

The 18 ideas with the same theme [properties that involve no other objects]:

18910 To seek truth, study the real connections between subjects and attributes [Aristotle]
15874 Scientific properties are not observed qualities, but the dispositions which create them [Harré]
15456 Extrinsic properties, unlike intrinsics, imply the existence of a separate object [Kim, by Lewis]
15400 We must avoid circularity between what is intrinsic and what is natural [Lewis, by Cameron]
15458 A property is 'intrinsic' iff it can never differ between duplicates [Lewis]
15459 Ellipsoidal stars seem to have an intrinsic property which depends on other objects [Lewis]
14979 Being alone doesn't guarantee intrinsic properties; 'being alone' is itself extrinsic [Lewis, by Sider]
15454 Extrinsic properties come in degrees, with 'brother' less extrinsic than 'sibling' [Lewis]
15742 A disjunctive property can be unnatural, but intrinsic if its disjuncts are intrinsic [Lewis]
15741 All of the natural properties are included among the intrinsic properties [Lewis]
15397 If a global intrinsic never varies between possible duplicates, all necessary properties are intrinsic [Cameron on Lewis]
15398 Global intrinsic may make necessarily coextensive properties both intrinsic or both extrinsic [Cameron on Lewis]
15435 If you think universals are immanent, you must believe them to be sparse, and not every related predicate [Lewis]
14093 An 'intrinsic' property is one that depends on a thing and its parts, and not on its relations [Rosen]
6145 Intrinsic properties are those an object still has even if only that object exists [Merricks]
14088 An 'intrinsic' property is either found in every duplicate, or exists independent of all externals [Linnebo]
15401 Essentialists say intrinsic properties arise from what the thing is, irrespective of surroundings [Cameron]
15393 An object's intrinsic properties are had in virtue of how it is, independently [Cameron]