Maximality and Intrinsic Properties

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 63 (2):357 - 364 (2001)
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A property, F, is maximal iff, roughly, large parts of an F are not themselves Fs.' Maximality makes trouble for a recent analysis of intrinsicality by Rae Langton and David Lewis

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