Alexius Meinong

Alexius Meinong
Alexius Meinong
	Meinong, c. 1900
Born	Alexius Meinong Ritter von Handschuchsheim; 17 July 1853; Lemberg, Galicia, Austrian Empire (present-day Lviv, Ukraine)
Died	27 November 1920 (aged 67); Graz, Styria, Austria
Education	University of Vienna (PhD, 1874)
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	School of Brentano; Graz School; Austrian realism;
Institutions	University of Graz (1882–1920); Graz Psychological Institute (1894–1920);
Academic advisors	Franz Brentano
Main interests	Ontology, theory of objects, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, value theory
Notable ideas	Theory of objects, nonexistent objects, Meinong's jungle, nuclear vs. extranuclear (constitutive vs. extra-constitutive) properties (konstitutorische vs. außerkonstitutorische Bestimmungen) of objects, the existence–subsistence–absistence distinction, wide and narrow negation

Alexius Meinong Ritter von Handschuchsheim (17 July 1853 – 27 November 1920) was an Austrian philosopher, a realist known for his unique ontology and theory of objects. He also made contributions to philosophy of mind and theory of value.^[6]^: 1–3

^ Gestalt Theory: Official Journal of the Society for Gestalt Theory and Its Applications (GTA), 22, Steinkopff, 2000, p. 94: "Attention has varied between Continental Phenomenology (late Husserl, Merleau-Ponty) and Austrian Realism (Brentano, Meinong, Benussi, early Husserl)".
^ Alexius Meinong, 1915 Über Möglichkeit und Wahrscheinlichkeit, Barth, p. 176. Reprinted in Alexius Meinong, 1972, Über Möglichkeit und Wahrscheinlichkeit, in Rudolf Haller and Rudolf Kindinger (eds.), Alexius Meinong Gesamtausgabe VI, Graz: Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt.
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^ Reicher, Maria. "Nonexistent Objects". In Zalta, Edward N. (ed.). Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
^ Marek, Johann, "Alexius Meinong", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Spring 2024 Edition), Edward N. Zalta & Uri Nodelman.
^ Jacquette, D., Alexius Meinong, The Shepherd of Non-Being (Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer, 2015), pp. 1–3.