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Beyond Russell and Meinong

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2020

V. Warren Bourgeois
V. Warren Bourgeois*
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University of British Columbia
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Extract

In 1972 Gilbert Ryle published a eulogy to Meinong's theory of objects:

Let us frankly concede that Geganstandstheorie itself is dead, buried and not going to be resurrected. Nobody is going to argue again that, for example, “there are objects concerning which it is the case that there are no such objects.”

Since that time, the firm of Routley, Routley, Chisholm and Parsons has vigoruously defended Meinong's theory. Are they advocates for a dead client?

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Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Philosophy , Volume 11 , Issue 4 , December 1981 , pp. 653 - 666
Copyright
Copyright © The Authors 1981

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