Meinertsen, B.R. orcid.org/0000-0002-1778-0387 (2024) Relational properties: definition, reduction, and states of affairs. Ratio, 37 (2-3). pp. 178-190. ISSN 0034-0006
Abstract
This paper defines relational properties and argues for their reducibility in a, broadly speaking, Armstrongian framework of state of affairs ontology and truthmaking. While Armstrong's own characterisation and reduction of them arguably is the best one available in the literature of this framework, it suffers from two main problems. As will be shown, it neither defines relational properties very clearly (if at all), nor provides an adequate conception of their reduction. This paper attempts to remedy this situation in four steps. First, it introduces relational properties and why they matter in metaphysics in general. Second, by briefly comparing and contrasting them with extrinsic properties, and by briefly mapping them onto a tripartite division of relations, the particular kinds of relevant relational properties are identified. Third, it classifies relational properties and thereby makes possible an apt definition of them. Finally, using the notion of truthmaking, it outlines a more satisfactory case for their reduction.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2024 The Author(s). Ratio published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Armstrong; reduction; relational propertie;s states of affairs; truthmaking |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > Department of Philosophy (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 04 Jul 2024 15:24 |
Last Modified: | 25 Nov 2024 12:59 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/rati.12414 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:214290 |