Critical assessment of conflicts between the theories of Meinong and Lewis
By Stuart Mercer Word Count
Here I will discuss the differences and similarities for two philosophical theories. One is Meinong’s Object theory which was created by one of the most influential thinkers at the beginning of the 20th century, by an Austrian philosopher Alexius Meinong. His best known conception deals with among other things, with objects that do not exist. This belief is a part of Meinong 's Object Theory which is based on a certain set of assumptions concerning the correspondence of various types of mental states to objects. There are objects of higher order of infinity founded on the so called objects of passive perception, these objects …show more content…
To claim that mecha-hitler is a non-material or temporal entity it must first select a specific world where this is not the case and then only reference that specific world to hold this claim. Where by default the Meinong theory is only working with our current world in which we occupy.
In Meinong’s theory, existence is merely a property that an object can have like colour or shape. So if one were to reference a unicorn, this can be a valid even though they do not exist in our spatiotemporal region as existence is merely another property that a unicorn can have like having a horn or having four legs. Whereas in Lewis’s theory existence is a prerequisite necessity of being an object and when specifically referencing our world a unicorn whether existing or non- existing is not a valid claim.
Meinong’s theory of one world with the element or object having existence or nonexistence is easy to reconcile. Whereas Lewis’s theory any element of object can exist, in more than one universe is more complicated and difficult to …show more content…
That is, we can quantify over non-existent things using the particular quantifier. They also hold that "there is" is like "exist", rather than like the particular quantifier. The ontology of the non-actual possible objects is an anchoring point of the possibilist view that uses quantifiers in quantified modal logic range over all the possible objects (non-actual as well as actual).
Whereas Lewis’s theory which holds the fundamental idea of the Many Worlds Interpretation has been used in many different ways in quantum mechanics but in particular the idea that every time a quantum experiment with different possibilities for outcomes is performed, all outcomes are obtained. But each in a different world, even if we are only aware of the outcome we have seen in our world.
I do believe that Meinong’s theory is much more intuitive that there is only the world in which we reside in and how existence is merely another property of an object/entity like colour or texture. It also seems more empirical in nature as Lewis’s
By Stuart Mercer Word Count
Here I will discuss the differences and similarities for two philosophical theories. One is Meinong’s Object theory which was created by one of the most influential thinkers at the beginning of the 20th century, by an Austrian philosopher Alexius Meinong. His best known conception deals with among other things, with objects that do not exist. This belief is a part of Meinong 's Object Theory which is based on a certain set of assumptions concerning the correspondence of various types of mental states to objects. There are objects of higher order of infinity founded on the so called objects of passive perception, these objects …show more content…
To claim that mecha-hitler is a non-material or temporal entity it must first select a specific world where this is not the case and then only reference that specific world to hold this claim. Where by default the Meinong theory is only working with our current world in which we occupy.
In Meinong’s theory, existence is merely a property that an object can have like colour or shape. So if one were to reference a unicorn, this can be a valid even though they do not exist in our spatiotemporal region as existence is merely another property that a unicorn can have like having a horn or having four legs. Whereas in Lewis’s theory existence is a prerequisite necessity of being an object and when specifically referencing our world a unicorn whether existing or non- existing is not a valid claim.
Meinong’s theory of one world with the element or object having existence or nonexistence is easy to reconcile. Whereas Lewis’s theory any element of object can exist, in more than one universe is more complicated and difficult to …show more content…
That is, we can quantify over non-existent things using the particular quantifier. They also hold that "there is" is like "exist", rather than like the particular quantifier. The ontology of the non-actual possible objects is an anchoring point of the possibilist view that uses quantifiers in quantified modal logic range over all the possible objects (non-actual as well as actual).
Whereas Lewis’s theory which holds the fundamental idea of the Many Worlds Interpretation has been used in many different ways in quantum mechanics but in particular the idea that every time a quantum experiment with different possibilities for outcomes is performed, all outcomes are obtained. But each in a different world, even if we are only aware of the outcome we have seen in our world.
I do believe that Meinong’s theory is much more intuitive that there is only the world in which we reside in and how existence is merely another property of an object/entity like colour or texture. It also seems more empirical in nature as Lewis’s