Logical, Ontological, and Historical Contributions on the Philosophy of Alexius Meinong (Meinong Studies / Meinong Studien, 5)

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. This volume collects papers on central aspects of 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, as well as studies on Meinong's notion of probability Contents / Inhalt ON MODAL MEINONGIANISM PSYCHOLOGY, ACTIVITY AND APPREHENSION OF OBJECTS: ON MEINONG’S REFUSAL OF REFLEXION TOWARD A MEINONGIAN CALCULUS OF NAMES DOES LEWIS’ VIEW ON POSSIBILIA IMPLY THE MEINONGIAN ONTOLOGY? ÜBER WAHRSCHEINLICHKEIT BEI MEINONG ANFÄNGE DES FRAUENPHILOSOPHIESTUDIUMS IN GRAZ AB ETWA 1900 AM BEISPIEL DER MEINONGSCHÜLERIN AUGUSTE FISCHER (1867–1958) Biographical note: Mauro Antonelli, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy; Marian David, University of Graz, Austria