INTRINSIC EXTRINSIC

Several intrinsic/extrinsic distinctions amongst properties, current i n the literature, are discussed and contrasted. The proponents of such distinctions tend to present them as competing, but it is suggested h ere that at least three of the relevant distinctions (including here t hat between non-relational and relational properties) arise out of sep arate perfectly legitimate intuitive considerations: though of course different proposed explications of the informal distinctions involved in any one case may well conflict. Special attention is paid to the qu estion of whether a single notion of property is capable of supporting the various distinctions.