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Ideas for 'New System and Explanation of New System', 'The Sense of Reality' and 'Metaphysical Dependence'

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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 4. Intrinsic Properties

14093	An 'intrinsic' property is one that depends on a thing and its parts, and not on its relations [Rosen]
	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.
	From: Gideon Rosen (Metaphysical Dependence [2010], 02)
	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.