Nonexistent objects
In
Round square copula
The round square copula is a common example of the
The issue arose, most notably, between the theories of
In
The dual copula strategy
The strategy employed is the dual copula strategy,[2] also known as the dual predication approach,[7] which is used to make a distinction between relations of properties and individuals. It entails creating a sentence that is not supposed to make sense by forcing the term "is" into ambiguous meaning.
The dual copula strategy was originally brought to prominence in contemporary philosophy by Ernst Mally.[8][9] Other proponents of this approach include: Héctor-Neri Castañeda, William J. Rapaport, and Edward N. Zalta.[10]
By borrowing Zalta's notational method (Fb stands for b exemplifies the property of being F; bF stands for b encodes the property of being F), and using a revised version of Meinongian object theory which makes use of a dual copula distinction (MOTdc), we can say that the object called "the round square" encodes the property of being round, the property of being square, all properties implied by these, and no others.
When one now analyzes the round square copula using the MOTdc, one will find that it now avoids the three common
In the end, what the MOTdc really does is create a kind of object: a nonexistent object that is very different from the objects we might normally think of. Occasionally, references to this notion, while obscure, may be called "Meinongian objects."
The dual property strategy
Making use of the notion of "non-physically existent" objects is controversial in philosophy, and created the buzz for many articles and books on the subject during the first half of the 20th century. There are other strategies for avoiding the problems of Meinong's theories, but they suffer from serious problems as well.
First is the dual property strategy,[2] also known as the nuclear–extranuclear strategy.[2]
Mally introduced the dual property strategy,
According to Meinong, it is possible to distinguish the
The other worlds strategy
There is also the other worlds strategy.
See also
- List of paradoxes
- Meontology
- Nonexistence
- Object of the mind
- Platonic realism
- Squaring the circle
- Theory of descriptions
- Wooden iron
References
- ^ Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, "Nonexistent Objects: Historical Roots".
- ^ a b c d e f Reicher, Maria (2014). "Nonexistent Objects". In Zalta, Edward N. (ed.). Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
- ^ Alexius Meinong, "Über Gegenstandstheorie" ("The Theory of Objects"), in Alexius Meinong, ed. (1904). Untersuchungen zur Gegenstandstheorie und Psychologie (Investigations in Theory of Objects and Psychology), Leipzig: Barth, pp. 1–51.
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- ^ Zalta 1983, p. 5.
- ^ Gottlob Frege, The Foundations of Arithmetic, Northwestern University Press, 1980[1884], p. 87.
- ^ Jacek Paśniczek, The Logic of Intentional Objects: A Meinongian Version of Classical Logic, Springer, 1997, p. 125.
- ^ Mally, Ernst, Gegenstandstheoretische Grundlagen der Logik und Logistik, Leipzig: Barth, 1912, §33.
- ^ a b Ernst Mally – The Metaphysics Research Lab
- ^ a b Dale Jacquette, Meinongian Logic: The Semantics of Existence and Nonexistence, Walter de Gruyter, 1996, p. 17.
- International Congress of Philosophy, Heidelberg), 1–5 September 1908; ed. Professor Dr. Theodor Elsenhans, 881–886. Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung. Verlag-Nummer 850. Translation: Ernst Mally, "Object Theory and Mathematics", in: Jacquette, D., Alexius Meinong, The Shepherd of Non-Being (Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer, 2015), pp. 396–404, esp. 397.
- ^ Dale Jacquette, Meinongian Logic: The Semantics of Existence and Nonexistence, Walter de Gruyter, 1996, p. 16.
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