Russell vs. Meinong: The Legacy of "On Denoting" (Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Philosophy)

A century after ‘On Denoting’ was published, the debate it initiated continues to rage. On the one hand, there is a mass of new historical scholarship, about both Russell and Meinong, which has not circulated very far beyond specialist scholars. On the other hand, there are continuing problems and controversies concerning contemporary Russellian and Meinongian theories, many of them involving issues that simply did not occur to the original protagonists. This work provides an overview of the latest historical scholarship on the two philosophers as well as detailed accounts of some of the problems facing the current incarnations of their theories. Introduction: Russell And Meinong In Retrospect / Dale Jacquette And Nicholas Griffin -- Logic And Denotation / Alasdair Urquhart -- Antirealism And The Theory Of Descriptions / Graham Stevens -- Russell Vs. Frege On Definite Descriptions As Singular Terms / Francis Jeffry Pelletier And Bernard Linsky -- A Cantorian Argument Against Frege's And Early Russell's Theories Of Descriptions / Kevin C. Klement -- 'on Denoting' : Appearance And Reality / Gideon Makin -- Explaining G.f. Stout's Reaction To Russell's 'on Denoting' / Omar W. Nasim -- Russell On 'the' In The Plural / David Bostock -- Psychological Content And Indeterminacy With Respect To Being : Two Notes On The Russell-meinong Debate / Johann Christian Marek -- Meditations On Meinong's Golden Mountain / Dale Jacquette -- Rethinking Item Theory / Nicholas Griffin -- Contra Meinong / Peter Loptson -- Who Is Afraid Of Imaginary Objects? / Gabriele Contessa -- Russell's Definite Descriptions De Re / Gregory C. Landini -- Quantifying In And Anti-essentialism / Michael Nelson -- Points, Complexes, Complex Points, And A Yacht / Nathan Salmon. Edited By Nicholas Griffin And Dale Jacquette. Selected Proceedings From An International Conference Russell Vs. Meinong: 100 Years After 'on Denoting' Held On 14-18 May 2005 At Mcmaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. A century after 'On Denoting' was published, the debate it initiated continues. This erudite volume provides an overview of the latest scholarship on Russell and Meinong, as well as detailed accounts of some of the problems facing the current incarnations of their theories. A century after 'On Denoting' was published, the debate it initiated continues. This eridute volume provides an overview of the latest scholarship on Russell and Meinong as well as detailed accounts of some of the problems facing the current incarnations of their theories