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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Swanson, Carolyn
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; New York, NY : Rodopi, [2011]
Colección:Value inquiry book series. Central-European value studies ; 231.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Part one. The Meinongian edifice : did Russell destroy it? ; 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
  • Part two. The paradigm facts : do beingless objects explain them? ; Characterization facts
  • Negative existential and intentional facts
  • Part three. The fictional facts : a need for a new interpretation? ; The problem with names
  • The need for contextualization
  • The final verdict on beingless objects.