Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Extrinsic Properties', 'Introduction to a Secret Encyclopaedia' and 'works'

expand these ideas     |    start again     |     specify just one area for these texts

---

6 ideas

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 2. Analysis by Division

13099

Analysing right down to primitive concepts seems beyond our powers [Leibniz]

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 1. Continental Philosophy

6841	Some continental philosophers are relativists - Baudrillard, for example [Baudrillard, by Critchley]

3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 8. Subjective Truth

5022	We hold a proposition true if we are ready to follow it, and can't see any objections [Leibniz]

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

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]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / b. Individuation by properties

15455

Total intrinsic properties give us what a thing is [Lewis]