Existence, Fiction, Assumption: Meinongian Themes and the History of Austrian Philosophy

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Meinong-Studies, Vol. 6, contains papers focusing on the connections between intentionality and nonexistent objects, presenting historical analyses on the background of Meinong’s philosophical position up to the Meinong-Russell-Debate. It also contains systematic studies of fictional characters, of Kripke’s alternative theory of fiction, and of the relevance of fictions playing the role of assumptions in scientific contexts. The volume is completed by biographical sketches of Christian von Ehrenfels, founder of Gestalt-theory and Meinong’s close friend, and of Ernst Mally, disciple of Meinong and successor to his chair. Contents / Inhalt Relational Theories of Intentionality and the Problem of Non-Existents The Non-Existing Object Revisited: Meinong as the Link between Husserl and Russell? Anti-Meinongian Actualist Meaning of Fiction in Kripke’s 1973 John Locke Lectures Paradise on the Cheap. Ascriptivism about Ficta Meinong’s Theory of Assumptions and its Relevance for Scientific Contexts Christian von Ehrenfels. Eine intellektuelle Biographie: Neue Forschungsergebnisse aus dem Nachlass Zu Ernst Mallys Lebensgang, Umfeld und akademischer Laufbahn