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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; New York, NY :
Rodopi,
[2011]
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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.