ontology, nonexistent objects are a concept advanced by Austrian philosopher Alexius Meinong in the 19th and 20th centuries within a "theory of objects". He...
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Existence (redirect from Nonexistent)
Proposed examples of nonexistent objects are merely possible objects such as flying pigs, as well as fictional and mythical objects like Sherlock Holmes...
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Alexius Meinong (section Types of objects)
intending nonexistent objects. Whatever can be the target of a mental act, Meinong calls an "object." His theory of objects, now known as "Meinongian object theory...
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philosopher Alexius Meinong advanced nonexistent objects in the 19th and 20th century within a "theory of objects". He was interested in intentional states...
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Ontology (section Concrete and abstract objects)
Another distinction exists between concrete objects existing in space and time, such as a tree, and abstract objects existing outside space and time, like the...
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others would call "nonexistent objects", like the round square and the mountain made entirely of gold) merely encode them. While the objects that exemplify...
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use object in contrast to property; that is to say, an object is an entity that is not a property. Objects differ from properties in that objects cannot...
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Abstract and concrete (redirect from Abstract objects)
are typically classified as abstract objects, whereas plants, dogs, and planets are considered concrete objects. Philosophers have proposed several criteria...
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Terence Parsons (category Abstract object theory)
wrote Nonexistent Objects (1980), which dealt with possible world theory in order to defend the reality of nonexistent objects. Nonexistent Objects, Yale...
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existence of two kinds of predication: existent objects exemplify properties, while nonexistent objects are said to exemplify, satisfy, immanently contain...
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symbols Reicher, Maria (1 January 2016). Zalta, Edward N. (ed.). Nonexistent Objects – The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Metaphysics Research Lab...
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Meinongian argument (section Incomplete objects)
statement is about something only if that object exists.; Therefore, we cannot refer to nonexistent objects. One of the critics that criticized Meinongian...
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Richard Sylvan (category Abstract object theory)
Metaphysics of Intentionality. Oxford: Clarendon. Maria Reicher, "Nonexistent Objects", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2006), Edward N. Zalta...
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Noneism (category Abstract object theory)
Meinong that there are existent objects, subsistent objects (physically nonexistent) and absistent objects (nonexistent things that lack form or shape)...
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worked on relaxation as well as concentration. They worked with nonexistent objects that helped prepare them for the exploration of equally ephemeral...
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According to philosopher Alexius Meinong, there are nonexistent objects, including merely possible objects like Santa Claus and Pegasus. A related question...
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achieved Piaget's Substage 6 object permanence. Alex showed surprise and anger when confronted with a nonexistent object or one different from what he...
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a third party could cause the rationalist to have perceptions of nonexistent objects. "We have knowledge of some truths in a particular subject area,...
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deep-sky objects are named after the individual(s) who discovered or otherwise studied it. This list does not include astronomical objects named after...
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clusters, nebulae, and galaxies. Other objects in the catalogue can be found in the other subpages of the list of NGC objects. The constellation information in...
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allocation to processes goes via the Object Manager. Objects can either be Kernel objects or Executive objects. Kernel objects represent primitive resources...
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Actualism (section Language and non-actual objects)
John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-119-11611-0. Reicher, Maria (2019). "Nonexistent Objects". SEP. Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University. Marek, Johann...
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non-mental intentional object, which the thinking is directed at or "about". Meinong is known for his unique ontology of real nonexistent objects as a solution...
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known as the dual predication approach, for solving the problem of nonexistent objects (Mally 1912). He also introduced a similar strategy, the dual property...
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ethical relation.[clarification needed] Cura (mythology) Meonism Nonexistent objects Nothingness Kyoto school Martin Heidegger Jacques Derrida Jean-Luc...
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Empty name (category Abstract object theory)
"Holmes is a fictional character" Meinong's jungle Meta-ontology Nonexistent objects Ontological commitment Plato's beard Round square copula W. V. O...
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decision is reached to prevent the waste of a legal action over a nonexistent object and, further, to ensure that the item in question is not destroyed...
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expanded to include the Chinese with practices such as gazing at nonexistent objects in the sky until they were surrounded by huge crowds of onlookers...
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The Lost Room (redirect from The Eye and the Prime Object)
an obsessed collector of Objects who charts the Objects' relations to one another and introduces the idea of the Prime Object. Chris McCarty as Milton...
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affected by any existent or nonexistent objects at all, it is your guide; it can shine through all various existent and nonexistent realms. This is adamantine...
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