Nonexistent Objects: Meinong and Contemporary Philosophy

by K.J. Perszyk

Overview

Issues surrounding the status and nature of ‘nonexistent objects' constitute one of philosophy's oldest and densest thickets. In this book Perszyk takes his readers surefootedly through this thicket, informed both historically and at the level of contemporary discussion of relevant themes. His main aim is to develop a ‘bundle' or ‘set of properties' interpretation of Meinong's theory of nonexistent objects (as opposed to a set of properties neo-Meinongian metaphysics), and to defend this nonstandard interpretation against competing views in both the philosophical and scholarly literature on Meinong. The Meinong who emerges is neither the hero nor the villain his friends and foes have commonly led us to believe.
This clearly written book is a valuable addition both to the literature on Meinong and to contemporary metaphysics of modality. It is written for students and professionals interested in these, and related, areas.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789048143191
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	12/06/2010
Series:	Nijhoff International Philosophy Series , #49
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1993
Pages:	308
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.45(h) x 0.03(d)

Table of Contents

1: Introductory Considerations.- 2: Meinong’s Theory of Objects.- 3: The Nature of Meinong’s Objects: Existent and Nonexistent.- 4: Two Main Arguments For Nonexistents.- 5: Main Arguments Against Nonexistents.- List of Meinong’s Writings Consulted.- General Bibliography.