HUMANA.MENTE Journal of Philosophical Studies
Issue 25 - October 2013
Meinong Strikes Again. Return to Impossible Objects 100 Years Later
\nedited by: Laura Mari (Scuola Normale Superiore of Pisa)\, Michele Paolini Paoletti (University of Macerata)
\nMeinong&rsquo\;s philosophy was overshadowed in \;the first half of \;the 20th \;century by \;the prevalent Frege-Russell canon. Works by Parsons\, Routley\, Castañ\;eda\, Rapaport\, and Zalta in \;the second half of \;the century however showed that Meinong&rsquo\;s ideas can be fruitful for philosophical investigation and introduced a real &ldquo\;Meinong-Renaissance&rdquo\;. Nowadays Meinong&rsquo\;s leading ideas\, far from being buried\, have received \;the increasing attention and are discussed again.In particular\, \;the possibility of referring to truly predicate properties of objects that do not exist\, which is likely \;the most distinctive feature of Meinong&rsquo\;s ontology\, has led to revise \;the idea that reference and predication necessarily require existence. This has induced novel approaches in \;the fields of \;the logic of fiction and of intensionality as well as of \;their metaphysics. \;
\nThe aim of this issue of Humana.Mente is to present contributions that relate to Meinong&rsquo\;s main object-theoretical \;theses\, with particular reference to \;the input \;they give to \;the contemporary debate on ontological matters. We intend to pursue three main goals: to discuss \;the major similarities and differences between Meinong&rsquo\;s philosophical system and \;the Neo-Meinongian ones\; to focus on \;the classical figures of Neo-Meinongianism and on \;their works\, as well as on \;the \;works of other philosophers who were or are near to some Meinongian \;theses\; to explore some recent and original developments in ontology\, logic and \;the \;theory of knowledge inspired by typical Meinongian \;themes and problems.
\nWe invite to submit papers in \;the following areas of research:
\nInvited contributors:
\nArticles should be submitted in blind review format. Please omit any self-identifying information within \;the abstract and body of \;the \;paper.
\nFurthermore\, we invite to submit reviews of recent books (published after 2009)\, and commentaries of articles and books that could be particularly interesting for \;the topics analysed in this issue.
\nSubmissions should be sent via e-mail to \;laura.mari@sns.it \;and \;michele.paolinip@gmail.com
\nImportant dates
\nExtended Deadline for submissions: \;April 21 \;2013
\nNotification of acceptance: June 30 \;2013
\nFinal version due: September 30 \;2013
Publication: \;October 2013