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Area of Science:

  • Metaphysics
  • Philosophy of Language

Background:

  • Meinongianism posits that nonexistent objects can be referred to and quantified over.
  • Standard Meinongianism attributes truth-making roles to nonexistent objects.
  • Tim Crane proposed a reductionist weak Meinongianism, denying this role.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Critically examine Crane's reductionist Meinongianism.
  • Investigate the reducibility of truths about nonexistent objects.
  • Propose an alternative explanation using strong Meinongianism.

Main Methods:

  • Philosophical analysis of Meinongianism and reductionism.
  • Examination of truth-conditions for sentences involving nonexistent objects.
  • Argumentation for the necessity of nonexistent objects in truth-making.

Main Results:

  • Casts doubt on the reducibility of truths about nonexistent objects (e.g., 'a winged pig is possible').
  • Demonstrates that reductionism struggles to account for certain truths.
  • Highlights the explanatory power of strong Meinongianism.

Conclusions:

  • Crane's reductionist Meinongianism is insufficient.
  • Strong Meinongianism, acknowledging nonexistent objects' truth-making role, offers a better explanation.
  • The existence of nonexistent objects is crucial for understanding truths about them.