Multidimensional Properties: Primitivism vs Reductionism

The focus of this paper is on the metaphysical nature of multidimensional properties, properties like virtue, beauty, or health which can be had in different ways and to different degrees. Do such properties form their own sui generis kind, as existing discussions seem to suggest, or can we rather reductively account for them, relying on notions which may already be present in our ontology or ideology? In this paper, I will introduce a reductionist account of multidimensional properties, making a partial case for Reductionism.

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Metaphysics
Published
2025-01-01
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https://doi.org/10.5334/met.189
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Philosophical Ethics and Theory
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Multidimensional Properties: Primitivism vs Reductionism

Robert Michels
Metaphysics
Philosophical Ethics and Theory
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Multidimensional Properties: Primitivism vs Reductionism

Robert Michels
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Abstract

The focus of this paper is on the metaphysical nature of multidimensional properties, properties like virtue, beauty, or health which can be had in different ways and to different degrees. Do such properties form their own sui generis kind, as existing discussions seem to suggest, or can we rather reductively account for them, relying on notions which may already be present in our ontology or ideology? In this paper, I will introduce a reductionist account of multidimensional properties, making a partial case for Reductionism.

MetaphysicsVol. 8(1)
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Université de Genève
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Philosophical Ethics and Theory
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