Reburial of nonexistents : reconsidering the Meinong-Russell debate /

Reburial of nonexistents : reconsidering the Meinong-Russell debate /

Alexius Meinong claimed to uncover a brave new world of nonexistent objects. He contended that unreal objects, such as the golden mountain and the round square, genuinely had properties (such as nonexistence itself) and therefore, deserved a place in an all-inclusive science. Meinong's notion o...

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Main Author: Swanson, Carolyn.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, 2011.

Series: Value Inquiry Book Series 231.
Rodopi Religion, Theology and Philosophy Special E-Book Collection, 2007-2014, ISBN: 9789004357938.

Subjects:

Meinong, A. > (Alexius), > 1853-1920.
Russell, Bertrand, > 1872-1970.
Nonexistent objects (Philosophy)
Knowledge, Theory of.

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Call Number: BD219 .S93 2011

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • INTRODUCTION
  • MEINONG'S THEORY AND RATIONALE FOR BEINGLESS OBJECTS
  • RUSSELL'S CONCERN ABOUT VIOLATED LOGIC PRINCIPLES
  • RUSSELL'S CONCERN ABOUT EXISTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS
  • RUSSELL'S ALTERNATIVE TO BEINGLESS OBJECTS
  • CHARACTERIZATION FACTS
  • NEGATIVE EXISTENTIAL AND INTENTIONAL FACTS
  • THE PROBLEMS WITH NAMES
  • THE NEED FOR CONTEXTUALIZATION
  • THE FINAL VERDICT ON BEINGLESS OBJECTS
  • WORKS CITED
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  • INDEX
  • VALUE INQUIRY BOOK SERIES.