Reburial of nonexistents : : reconsidering the Meinog-Russell debate / / Carolyn Swanson.

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 of non...

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Superior document:Value inquiry book series, VIBS. Central European Value Studies, CEVS ; v. 231
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Year of Publication:2011
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Value inquiry book series. Central-European value studies ; 231.
Physical Description:1 online resource (138 p.)
Notes:Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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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.