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All the ideas for 'Extrinsic Properties', 'Prerequisite to Dignity of Labour' and 'Darwinian Metaphysics: Species and Essentialism'

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

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Being alone doesn't guarantee intrinsic properties; 'being alone' is itself extrinsic [Lewis, by Sider]

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Extrinsic properties come in degrees, with 'brother' less extrinsic than 'sibling' [Lewis]

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

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

21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 4. Beauty

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We both desire what is beautiful, and want it to remain as it is [Weil]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 5. Species

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Virtually all modern views of speciation rest on relational rather than intrinsic features [Okasha]