| Round Square, philosophy: an example of something non-existent, originally by A. Meinong (A. Meinong, “Über Gegenstandstheorie”, 1904). Meinong assumes that there must be this object, so that we can talk about it to determine its non-existence. See also non-existence, existence, truth, necessity, features, properties._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. |
