Meinongs theory of our reference to objects 238 vii. Russells theory of descriptions university of notre dame. Meinong s theory of our reference to objects 238 vii. Findlay author see all 2 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Alexius meinong advocated a bold new theory of nonexistent objects, where we could gain knowledge and assert true claims of things that did not exist. Meinongs theory of objects and husserls formal ontology are divergent but cognate responses to brentanos flawed theory of intentional inexistence.
Its place in meinong s theory of objects and its significance in contemporary philosophical logic. Gilbert ryle wrote that meaningtheory expanded just when and just in so far as it was released from that fidofido box, the lid of which was never even lifted by meinong. Theory and history of ontology by raul corazzon email. The possibility of a new metaphysics philsciarchive. We will end by explaining how meinong and russells theories are thereby much. This paper sets out to relieve ryles oversimplification about meinong and the role of meaning theory in his thought. The theory of objects, as meinong presents it, is firmly entrenched in the actcontentobject analysis of psychological experiences. Rapaport meinongian theories and a russellian paradox nous, 12, 1978 pp. Alexius meinong stanford encyclopedia of philosophy.
Meaning theory and object theory there is an anglosaxon tradition of interpreting meinongs philosophy, in particular his theory of objects, which has its origins in russell but finds its most salient expression in gilbert ryle. This is what he calls the theory of objects or gegenstandtheorie. Commemorating 20 years of gps, 50 volumes, and 75 years after meinong s death, the 627 pages contain articles by almost everyone alive having anything to do with meinong and his ideas. Meinong concerned himself, in short critical notes, with husserls phenomenology, that is, the first volume of ideas.
This is true both of the ontology as seen through his theory of knowledge of objects and of his strict ontology. The theory of complexes that is, the theory of wholes and other such objects of higher order upon which meinong wrote at length, also falls within the theory of objects. Meinongs theory of objects and values hardcover import, 1963. The rise and fall of the graz school gestalt theory. This school of thought holds that a psychological experience, such as my judging that my pen is black, is analyzable into an act judging, an object of. Philosophical writings on nonexistent objects in the 20th and 21st century usually take as their starting point the socalled theory of objects of the austrian philosopher alexius meinong 18531920. Meinongs theory of objects and values internet archive.
Pdf meinongs multifarious being and russells ontological. Of the possible theories which admit such constituents the simplest is that of meinong. While meinong emphasized objects and their variety, husserl emphasized contents and their variety. Alexius meinong, a man of truly noble inclinations,1 who ranks with. Objects and objectives, dignitatives and desideratives. Alexius meinong was an analytic philosopher in his methodology, and his techniques are ones that we are comfortable with. However, we will argue the latter to be most detrimental to his theory. Ale xius meinong advocated a bold new theory of none xistent objects, where w e could gain kno wledge and assert true claims of things that did not e xist. The founder of gegenstandstheorie,the theory of intended objects, meinong understood his contributions to metaphysics, philosophical psychology, logic. Member of the so called school of brentano, meinongs concerns were oriented to provide an ontology of everything that can be thought of, and at the same time an intentionality theory of. The two basic theses of meinongs theory of objects gegenstandstheorie are 1 there are objects that do not exist and 2 every object that does not exist is yet constituted in some way or other and thus may be made the subject of true predication. Meinongs multifarious being and russells ontological. In this sense, it is not the task of any physical theory to look beyond the language and metaphysics supposed by classical physics, in order to account for what qm describes.
Meinong s theory of our awareness of complexes 245 viii. Their theories agree on many salient issues both of phenomenology and ontology. Meinongs theory of meaning and his epistemological views are discussed in detail. My purpose in explaining meinongs contenttheory of knowledge is. None of the objects discussed above is created by us, nor does any of them depend in any way upon our thinking. While the theory has merit in interpreting sentences and solving puzzles, it unfortunately paves the way for contradictions. The two basic theses of meinong s theory of objects gegenstandstheorie are 1 there are objects that do not exist and 2 every object that does not exist is yet constituted in some way or other and thus may be made the subject of true predication.
Enter the logocentric predicament, and a husserlian way out vi. Nonexistent objects and epistemological ontology philpapers. The notion of pure object, which is the object free of any being, is the fundamental piece of meinong s theory of objects. Meinongs theory of our awareness of complexes 245 viii. Commemorating 20 years of gps, 50 volumes, and 75 years after meinongs death, the 627 pages contain articles by almost everyone alive having anything to do with meinong and his ideas. Karel lambert is well known in the field of philosophical logic, especially in connection with free logics. If it available for your country it will shown as book reader and user fully subscribe will benefit by having full. Meinong proposed a theory of objects that admits a domain of being beyond existenceactuality. Nonexistent objects meinong and contemporary philosophy. The chapters cover a natural progression of topics, beginning with the origins of gegenstandstheorie, meinongs theory of objects, and his discovery of assumptions as a fourth category of mental states to supplement his teacher franz brentanos references to. This book explores the thought of alexius meinong, a philosopher known for his unconventional theory of reference and predication. Of all these philosophers, meinong and husserl were most closely associated. Meinong with whom we deal here is thus primarily meinong of the theory of objects. Its revival is perhaps due to a renewed interest in the events leading up to the dominance of analytic philosophy in anglo.
Finally, meinongs theory of objects is presented as inspiring the development of. His theory of objects is based around the purported empirical observation that it is possible to. Meinongs theory of sense and reference peter simons. He takes a body of plausible data, argues carefully regarding his subject matter, and is willing to go where the data and arguments lead. However, russell later rejected both meinongs object theory, with its. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. Meinongian scorekeeping 2 that cannot be adequately pursued in an introductory paper. Finally, i will discuss meinongs treatment of nonexistent objects. As bertrand russell argued, impossible objects, such as the round square, would have conflicting properties. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the impossible object, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. Traditional metaphysics treats of objects that exist as well as of those that merely subsist bestehen but, having a prejudice in favor of the. Meinongs theory dissecting intentionality in the lab. In 1904 he introduces two principles which are central to the development and.
There are various types of information objects including concepts, facts,proceduresetc. Nonexistent objects meinong and contemporary philosophy k. Pdf general theses of the theory of objects roberto poli. This school of thought holds that a psychological experience, such as my judging that. An investigation of noneism and the theory of items, canberra. Meinong, like twardowski, upheld the objectuality of all. The semantics of intentionality and the psychology of intentionality are not strictly speaking excluded by the theory of objects. In his theory of objects he developed an account of a. Meinongs objects of cognition and affect alexius meinong 18531920 is one of the foremost, most independentminded. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Meinongs theory of complexes and assumptions pt 3, mind, n. Whatever can be the target of a mental act, meinong calls an object. Learning objects are formed by assembling a collection of. Alexius meinong on objects of higher order and husserls.
Some commitments at the interface of semantics and ontology, such as numbers or. Meinongs theory oobjects and values, second edition j. Nonexistent objects stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. 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.
On meinongs 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. Review of meinong, 1904 bertrand russell the bertrand. Its place in meinongs theory of objects and its significance in contemporary philosophical logic. He also made contributions to philosophy of mind and theory of value. He also told his students that it is best to begin ones investigations with linguistic data nachlass, karton ivb. Peter andras varga summary husserls involvement in the debate on intentionality by the school of brentano raises the hope of establishing an indirect link between him and the early analytic philosophy, since russell, in the course of formulating his theory of descriptions, extensively discussed meinongs theory of objects. The possibility of a new metaphysics for quantum mechanics. Bernie joaquin cantens meinongs theory of objects1 has produced mixed reaction, from harsh criticisms2 to a recent resurgence of neomeinongians. Meinongs theory of sense and reference meinong s theory of sense and reference peter simons university of leeds 1. Ivory pribramday meinongs multifarious being and russells.
Findlay gregg revivals, aldershot, hampshire, uk, 1995, 353 p. Request pdf objects and objectives, dignitatives and desideratives. Meinongs theory of objects that it was meant to negate. In a later work, on the theory of objects, meinong 1904 noted that one can talk about santa claus, the golden mountain, a round square, or.
Apr, 2020 meinong is primarily interested in intentional ontology, not in philosophical semantics or philosophical psychology. Please read our short guide how to send a book to kindle. The subject of this article is the principle of characterizationthe most controversial principle of alexius meinongs theory of objects. That every presentation and every belief must have an object other than itself and, except in certain cases where mental existents happen to be concerned, extramental. Thanks to this notion, it is possible to justify a coherent theory of. In 1904 meinong tries to demonstrate the legitimacy of his theory of objects as a separate science which investigates the totality of objects, regardless of whether or not they exist or subsist. However, a technique implicit in meinongs investigation is more successful and can be adapted to resolve a similar paradox discovered by romane clark in a revised version of meinongs theory of objects w. Meinong is primarily interested in intentional ontology, not in philosophical semantics or philosophical psychology. Such an approach depends strongly upon meinongs early reflections on relations, which this book aims to explain. The third and fourth papers are concerned with meinongs theory of objects, a theory that grows out of brentanos theoretical philosophy. Alexius meinong austrian philosopher and psychologist. Graffigna, matias 2016 the possibility of a new metaphysics for quantum mechanics from meinongs theory of objects. Gilbert ryle wrote that meaning theory expanded just when and just in so far as it was released from that fidofido box, the lid of which was never even lifted by meinong. Bernie joaquin cantens meinong s theory of objects1 has produced mixed reaction, from harsh criticisms2 to a recent resurgence of neomeinongians.
Alexius meinong, on the theory of objects translation of. The theory of objects, as meinong presents it, is firmly entrenched in the actcontent object analysis of psychological experiences. On objects of higher order and husserls phenomenology. This theory regards any grammatically correct denoting phrase as standing for an object. At the beginning of the xxth century, alexius meinong developed an object theory that connects the hyperrealism of objects of thought to a discerning theory of mental states. Research school of social sciences, australian national university, 1980. Alexius meinong, born july 17, 1853, lemberg, galicia, austrian empire now lviv, ukrainedied nov. Its place in meinong s theory of objects and its significance in contemporary philosophical logic modern european philosophy 9780521271998. Its place in meinongs theory of objects and its significance in contemporary philosophical logic modern european philosophy by karel lambert author visit amazons karel lambert page.
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