Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being intrinsic; essentiality.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of being intrinsic; essentialness; genuineness; reality.
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- noun the state of being
intrinsic ;inherence
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Examples
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Recognizing temporal aspects of reductionism alongside other representational issues like intrinsicality, which are not captured by a focus on mereology alone, supplements the evidential base for an argument in favor of talking about different kinds of reductionism rather than in terms of one unified account of reduction or overarching dichotomies of “reductionism” versus
Reductionism in Biology Brigandt, Ingo 2008
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In addition to individuation, two other issues directly related to representation can be mentioned: temporality and intrinsicality.
Reductionism in Biology Brigandt, Ingo 2008
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For example, an interest in the context sensitivity of realization in philosophy of mind (Wilson 2004, ch. 6) invokes issues pertaining to the context objection, individuation, temporality (especially causation versus constitution), and intrinsicality.
Reductionism in Biology Brigandt, Ingo 2008
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Attending explicitly to representation highlights two features that have been relatively neglected in debates about explanatory reduction: temporality and intrinsicality (Section 4.3).
Reductionism in Biology Brigandt, Ingo 2008
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But if intrinsicality carries epiphenomenality, as D. Robinson's extension of Lewis's argument suggests, then this way out of epiphenomenalism would be blocked.
Epiphenomenalism Robinson, William 2007
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Once context and personality are "admitted", as they must be, that's an end to the intrinsicality argument.
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To the perspectives of rationality and enlightenment they added the intrinsicality of fundamental rights and freedoms, thus reaffirming the achievements of the French revolution.
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It was the fast track to space ... intrinsicality!
unknown title 2009
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It was the fast track to space ... intrinsicality!
unknown title 2009
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"God is a principle which exists by virtue of its own intrinsicality, and operates spontaneously without self-manifestation.
Religions of Ancient China Herbert Allen Giles 1890
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