If the oppositionof being and nonbeingis primarily a matter of the objective and not of the object, then it is, after all, clearly under 5. Meinong s theory of objects1 has produced mixed reaction, from harsh criticisms2 to a recent resurgence of neomeinongians. His theory of objects is based around the purported empirical observation that it is possible to. Alexius meinong, on the theory of objects translation of. The theory ol objects 87 86 alexius meinong this is a position which speaksfor itself without any further ado. This doctrine is part of meinongs object theory gegenstandstheorie. Set theory a theory of objects applied to leibniz and. Please read our short guide how to send a book to kindle. There is an x such that x is of gold, x is a mountain, x is high. Meinongs theory of objects in relation to platoleibniz. Set theory a theory of objects applied to leibniz and meinong. Pdf meinongs multifarious being and russells ontological. Request pdf objects and objectives, dignitatives and desideratives. Alexius meinong austrian philosopher and psychologist.
As such, in so far as being is concerned, meinong and russells theories are much. However, russell later rejected both meinongs object theory, with its conception of nonbeing, and his philosophical psychology, which. That the characteristics which constitute an objects so sein may be truly predicated of the object, whether or not the object has sein i. Its place in meinongs theory of objects and its significance in contemporary philosophical logic.
The theory of obiects uv alexius meinong rnensrerrd by isaaclevi, d. He also made contributions to philosophy of mind and theory of value. Meinongs version of the description theory 77 has as its deep logical form something like. Theory gegenstandstheorie which is based on certain assumptions concerning the correspondence of. Meinongs objects of cognition and affect alexius meinong 18531920 is one of the foremost, most independentminded. Alexius meinongs objects of nonbeing and many objects of subsistence as.
Whatever can be the target of a mental act, meinong calls an object. The founder of gegenstandstheorie,the theory of intended objects, meinong understood his contributions to metaphysics, philosophical psychology, logic. The contents at these links may only be available to members of ohiolink institutions. Alexius meinong stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. Objects and objectives, dignitatives and desideratives. On meinong s theory of objects in the beginning of the century the great realist philosopher, alexius meinong, taught a doctrine of aussersein, of an infinite realm of objects quite indifferent to the distinctions between being and nonbeing, between reality and unreality, between what is and what is not the case.
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