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The volume collects papers on central aspects of Alexius Meinong's
Gegenstandstheorie (Theory of Objects) and its transformation in
contemporary logic, semantics and ontology covering the impact of
his views on grasping and representation, the status of nonexistent
or inconsistent objects and their incorporation in theories like
Noneism and Possible-World-Semantics. In addition it presents
studies on Meinong's notion of probability and on Auguste Fischer,
a student and collaborator of Meinong.
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.
Marian David defends the correspondence theory of truth by contrasting it with the disquotational theory of truth, its current major rival. He develops the disquotational theory in rich detail - more than has been available in previous literature - to demonstrate that it is not a tenable theory of truth, as it has too many absurd consequences.
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