Meinong, Alexius

The School of Alexius Meinong (Western Philosophy Series)
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    The School of Alexius Meinong (Western Philosophy Series)

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    On Assumptions
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      On Assumptions
      Alexius Meinong
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      Alexius Meinong und Guido Adler: Eine Freundschaft in Briefen
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        Alexius Meinong und Guido Adler: Eine Freundschaft in Briefen
        Alexius Meinong , and Guido Adler
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        Geschichts- und Lebensbilder werden im allgemeinen von Historikern aufgrund verschiedenartiger Quellen entworfen. In seltenen FÄllen Übernehmen es jene, die Geschichte machen, selbst, Über Jahrzehnte ihr Leben und ihre Zeit zu dokumentieren. Die weitgehend erhaltene Korrespondenz zwischen dem Philosophen Alexius Meinong (1853-1920) und dem Musikwissenschaftler Guido Adler (1855-1941) ist ein solcher GlÜcksfall. Sie spiegelt die Lebensgeschichte der beiden Freunde im Kontext der Gesamtgeschichte. Der umfangreiche Briefwechsel ist aber weit mehr als eine eindrucksvolle Schilderung des bloß persÖnlichen Werdeganges von Meinong und Adler. Denn hier wird ein faszinierendes Kapitel UniversitÄts- und Wissenschaftsgeschichte aufgeschlagen. Private und politische Intrigen, philosophische SchulenkÄmpfe, Berufungsdebatten, wie sie aus Akten- und Archivmaterial unvergleichlich weniger lebendig hervorgehen, erscheinen ebenso thematisiert wie wissenschaftliche Fragen. Denn eine StÜtze der Freundschaft war das große Interesse, welches die beiden dem Fach des anderen entgegenbrachten - Vorbedingung fÜr ein erfolgreiches Streben nach InterdisziplinaritÄt.
        Nonexistent Objects: Meinong and Contemporary Philosophy (Nijhoff International Philosophy Series)
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        • treat yourself to some nonexistence
        Nonexistent Objects: Meinong and Contemporary Philosophy (Nijhoff International Philosophy Series)
        K.J. Perszyk
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        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.

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        4 out of 5 stars treat yourself to some nonexistence.......2004-12-13

        Plato, Bertrand Russel and Alexius Meinong all to some degree or another took fictional and other nonexistent objects seriously as objects worthy of philosophical study. Meinong, for example, regarded such things as the fountain of youth, the golden mountain, and the round square as genuine objects, despite their lack of phenomenal existence. Ken Perszyk brings this line of thought up to date in lucid prose.

        Meinongian Logic: The Semantics of Existence and Nonexistence (Perspectives in Analytical Philosophy, Bd 11)
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          Meinongian Logic: The Semantics of Existence and Nonexistence (Perspectives in Analytical Philosophy, Bd 11)
          Dale Jacquette
          Manufacturer: Walter de Gruyter
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          "Wahrheit Suchen und Wahrheit Bekennen".Alexius Meinong: Skizze seines Lebens.(Studien zur österreichischen Philosophie 28)
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            "Wahrheit Suchen und Wahrheit Bekennen".Alexius Meinong: Skizze seines Lebens.(Studien zur österreichischen Philosophie 28)
            Evelyn Dolling
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            ASIN: 9042007745
            Release Date: 1999-01-01

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            "Es gibt GegenstÄnde, von denen gilt, daß es dergleichen GegenstÄnde nicht gibt." Dieser Satz hat dem Österreicher Alexius Meinong nicht nur BerÜhmtheit, sondern auch vernichtende Urteile beschert. Hindern konnten sie ihn jedoch keinesfalls daran, die weltweit bekannte Schule der Grazer Gegenstandstheorie zu etablieren. Wertphilosophische, erkenntnistheoretische sowie psychologische Schriften und die GrÜndung des ersten experimentalpsychologischen Laboratoriums in Österreich komplettieren das Schaffen dieses Philosophen. <BR><BR>Meinongs Lebensgeschichte ist die Verquickung der "Geschichte seiner Publikationen und der akademischen AktivitÄten seiner kleinen Schule von SchÜlern". Platz fÜr private Belange schien in jenem Leben, das sich nahezu vier Jahrzehnte in der steiermÄrkischen UniversitÄtsstadt Graz abspielte, kaum zu sein. Eine Äußerst starke SehschwÄche, die Meinong vor Kollegen, Freunden und sogar seiner Frau auf ungewÖhnliche Weise zu verbergen suchte, lastete schwer auf ihm.<BR><BR>In der ersten vollstÄndigen Biographie Meinongs zeichnet Evelyn DÖlling das leidenschaftliche Ringen dieses Denkers um hÖchste wissenschaftliche PrÄzision nach. Aus der Recherche des umfangreichen Nachlaßmaterials sowie der zahlreichen Korrespondenzen (8 300 Briefe) entsteht ein Bild von Meinongs Familienleben und seinen Beziehungen zu Freunden, wie man es so bislang nicht kannte.
            On Emotional Presentation
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              On Emotional Presentation
              Alexius Meinong
              Manufacturer: Northwestern Univ Pr
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              ASIN: 081010377X
              Meinong (Arguments of the Philosophers)
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              Meinong (Arguments of the Philosophers)
              Reinhardt Grossmann
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              ASIN: 0710078315

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              This book is available either individually, or as part of the specially-priced Arguments of the Philosphers Collection.

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              4 out of 5 stars An introduction to Alexius Meinong -.......2001-02-18

              This book on Meinong is primarily concerned with his arguments for the positions for which he is famous among some philosophers and infamous among others. If one becomes aware of how Meinong's full ontology develops very slowly over many years from very austere beginnings, how he resists the temptations to solve a problem by admitting a new kind of entity, and how he gives in only after a whole series of arguments for the new kind of entity has accumulated, one will, hopefully, be less inclined in the future to think of Meinong as the "supreme entity-multiplier in the history of philosophy". (the definition is by Gilbert Ryle).
              The Logic of Intentional Objects: A Meinongian Version of Classical Logic (Synthese Library, 269)
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                The Logic of Intentional Objects: A Meinongian Version of Classical Logic (Synthese Library, 269)
                Jacek Pasniczek
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                Intentionality is one of the most frequently discussed topics in contemporary phenomenology and analytic philosophy. This book investigates intentionality from the point of view of intentional objects. According to the classical approach to this concept, whatever can be consciously experienced is regarded as an intentional object. Thus, not only ordinary existing individuals but also various kinds of non-existents and non-individuals are considered as intentional (including such bizarre entities as quantifier objects: `some dog', `every dog'). <br/> Alexius Meinong, an Austrian philosopher, is particularly well-known as the `inventor' of an abundant ontology of objects among which even incomplete and impossible ones, like `the round square', find their place. Drawing inspirations from Meinong's ideas, the author develops a simple logic of intentional objects, <em>M</em>-logic. <em>M</em>-logic closely resembles classical first-order logic and, as opposed to the formally complicated contemporary theories of non-existent objects, it is much more friendly in apprehending and applications. However, despite this resemblance, the ontological content of <em>M</em>-logic far exceeds that of classical logic. In this book formal investigations are intertwined with philosophical analyses. On the one hand, <em>M</em>-logic is used as a tool for investigating formal features of intentional objects. On the other hand, the study of intentionality phenomena suggests further ways of extending and modifying <em>M</em>-logic. <br/> <em>Audience:</em> The book is addressed to logicians, cognitive scientists, philosophers of language and metaphysics with either a phenomenological or an analytic background.
                Gegenstandstheorie und Theorie der Intentionalität bei Alexius Meinong (Phaenomenologica)
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                  Gegenstandstheorie und Theorie der Intentionalität bei Alexius Meinong (Phaenomenologica)
                  Arkadiusz Chrudzimski
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                  ASIN: 1402055331

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                  Alexius Meinong (1853–1920) nimmt in der Geschichte der Ontologie eine ausgezeichnete Stellung ein. Er war der erste Philosoph, der in systematischer Weise eine quasi-ontologische Disziplin entwickelte, die im Vergleich zu der Disziplin, die man traditionell Metaphysik oder Ontologie nennt, viel allgemeiner sein sollte. Die Metaphysik untersucht das Seiende als Seiendes, und die seienden Entitäten bilden – so die These Meinongs – nur ein kleines Fragment dessen, was man unter dem Namen "Gegenstandstheorie" untersuchen kann. Die Gegenstände als solche (die "reinen" Gegenstände) sind, wie Meinong sagt, "außerseiend", was bedeutet, dass sie bezüglich ihres Seins bzw. Nicht-Seins neutral sein sollen. In diesem Buch wird die so verstandene Gegenstandstheorie in ihrer historischen Entwicklung im Zusammenhang mit Meinongs Intentionalitätstheorie untersucht, denn der wahre Grund, warum Meinong einen Bereich der außerseienden Gegenstände überhaupt postulierte, ist nicht anders als die philosophischen Rätsel, auf die man in der Intentionalitätstheorie stößt.

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                  5. Nelson, Leonard
                  6. Nietzsche, Friedrich
                  7. Nozick, Robert
                  8. Olivi, Peter John
                  9. Pascal, Blaise
                  10. Patocka, Jan

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