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Product Identifiers

PublisherSpringer Netherlands

ISBN-109048143195

ISBN-139789048143191

eBay Product ID (ePID)109197096

Product Key Features

Number of PagesXx, 308 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameNonexistent Objects : Meinong and Contemporary Philosophy

SubjectIndividual Philosophers, Metaphysics, History & Surveys / Modern, Logic

Publication Year2010

TypeTextbook

AuthorK. J. Perszyk

Subject AreaPhilosophy

SeriesNijhoff International Philosophy Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Weight18 Oz

Item Length9.4 in

Item Width6.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition22

Series Volume Number49

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal111.5

Table Of Content1: 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.

SynopsisIssues 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., 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.

LC Classification NumberBD300-450