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Neo-meinongianism

William Lane Craig

pp. 373-420

Abstract

Neo-Meinongians hold that there are non-existent objects, among these mathematical and other abstract objects. Alexius Meinong's original Gegenstandstheorie is exposited, followed by a detailed examination of the so-called none-ism of the iconoclast Richard Routley. The neo-Meinongian rejection of the so-called Ontological Assumption and the Reference Theory is endorsed as a salutary challenge to the neo-Quinean criterion of ontological commitment, even if in the end the neo-Meinongian Independence Thesis cannot plausibly be accepted.

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Craig William Lane (2017) God and abstract objects: the coherence of theism: aseity. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 373-420

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-55384-9_10

Full citation:

Craig William Lane (2017) Neo-meinongianism, In: God and abstract objects, Dordrecht, Springer, 373–420.