Alexius Meinong, The Shepherd of Non-Being
This book explores the thought of Alexius Meinong, a philosopher known for his unconventional theory of reference and predication. The chapters cover a natural progression of topics, beginning with the origins of Gegenstandstheorie, Meinong’s theory of ob
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Dale Jacquette
Alexius Meinong, The Shepherd of Non-Being
Synthese Library Studies in Epistemology, Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science Volume 360
Editor-in-Chief Ota´vio Bueno, University of Miami, Department of Philosophy, USA Editors Dirk van Dalen, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands Theo A.F. Kuipers, University of Groningen, The Netherlands Teddy Seidenfeld, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Patrick Suppes, Stanford University, CA, USA Jan Wolenski, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
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Dale Jacquette
Alexius Meinong, The Shepherd of Non-Being
Dale Jacquette Institute of Philosophy University of Bern Bern, Switzerland
Synthese Library ISBN 978-3-319-18074-8 ISBN 978-3-319-18075-5 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-18075-5
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Let us frankly concede that Gegenstandstheorie itself is dead, buried, and not going to be resurrected. Nobody is going to argue again that, for example, “there are objects concerning which it is the case that there are no such objects.” — Gilbert Ryle, “Intentionality and the Nature of Thinking,” Revue Internationale de Philosophie, 27, 1973, 255
Dedicated in fond memory of Rudolf Haller (1929–2014)
Preface
The very name of Alexius Meinong used to be anathema in analytic philosophy circles. Gilbert Ryle testifies to this attitude in the quotation cited on the book’s opening leaf as its ironically intended motto. These are famous last words and a caution against predictions about where philosophy will take its future course. Today, 40 years later, there is, contrary to Ryle’s postmortem, a flowering of
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