The School of Alexius Meinong

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This book presents an historical and conceptual reconstruction of the theories developed by Meinong and a group of philosophers and experimental psychologists in Graz at the turn of the 19th century. Adhering closely to original texts, the contributors explore Meinong's roots in the school of Brentano, complex theories such as the theory of intentional reference and direct reference, and ways of developing philosophy which are closely bound up with the sciences, particularly psychology. Providing a faithful reconstruction of both Meinong's contributions to science and the school that arose from his thought, this book shows how the theories of the Graz school raise the possibility of engaging in the scientific metaphysics and ontology that for so long have been considered off limits. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Contents List of Contributors Foreword PART I: INTRODUCTION 1 Meinong in His and Our Times 2 Alexius Meinong's Life and Work PART II: MATES AND PUPILS 3 Rudolf Ameseder (1877-1937) 4 Vittorio Benussi (1878-1927) 5 Christian von Ehrenfels (1859-1932) 6 Wilhelm Frankl (1878-1933) 7 Fritz Heider (1896-1988) 8 Alois Hofler (1853-1922) 9 Ernst Mally (1879-1944) 10 Ernst Schwarz (1878-1938) 11 France Veber (1890-1975) 12 Stephan Witasek (1870-1915) PART III: TOPICS IN MEINONGIAN PHILOSOPHY A. Psychology 13 Presentation and Production 14 Meinong on Psychological Content 15 Assumptions 16 Meinong on the Objects of Sensation 17 The Legacy of the Graz Psychologists B. Logic, Ontology and Metaphysics 18 General Theses of the Theory of Objects 19 Aufiersein of the Pure Object 20 Nuclear and Extranuclear Properties 21 Meinong's Theory of Meaning 22 The Meinongian Logic of Fiction 23 Meinong’s Main Mistake 24 What is Alive and What is Dead in Russell's Critique of Meinong C. Value Theory 25 Meinongian Aesthetics 26 Value Theory in Ehrenfels and Meinong Index of Names