Russell vs. Meinong: The Legacy of on Denoting

ISBN-13: 9780415963640 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 398 str.

Griffi Nicholas

Opis

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.

Recenzje

"In conclusion... the editors have produced a highly attractive, concise collection of essays which succeeds in bringing together a variety of perspectives concerning Russell's "On Denoting" and the Russell vs. Meinong debate. Each of the essays in this book is well-crafted and rich in useful insights on a number of theoretically interesting points." -- Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

Spis treści

Introduction: Russell and Meinong in Retrospect  1. Logic and Denotation Alasdair Urquhart  2. Antirealism and the Theory of Descriptions Graham Stevens  3. Russell vs. Frege on Definite Descriptions as Singular Terms Francis Jeffry Pelletier and Bernard Linsky  4. A Cantorian Argument Against Frege’s and Early Russell’s Theories of Descriptions Kevin C. Klement  5. ‘On Denoting’: Appearance and Reality Gideon Makin  6. Explaining G. F. Stout’s Reaction to Russell’s ‘On Denoting’ Omar W. Nasim  7. Russell on ‘the’ in the Plural David Bostock  8. Psychological Content and Indeterminacy with Respect to Being: Two Notes on the Russell-Meinong Debate Johann Christian Marek  9. Meditations on Meinong’s Golden Mountain Dale Jacquette  10. Rethinking Item Theory Nicholas Griffin  11. Contra Meinong Peter Loptson  12. Who is Afraid of Imaginary Objects? Gabriele Contessa  13. Russell’s Definite Descriptions de re Gregory C. Landini  14. Quantifying in and Anti-Essentialism Michael Nelson  15. Points, Complexes, Complex Points, and a Yacht Nathan Salmon