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- Title
Two-Dimensional Modal Meinongianism.
- Authors
Barz, Wolfgang
- Abstract
The aim of this paper is to show that Priest's (2005) modal Meinongianism might benefit from joining forces with two-dimensionalism. For this purpose, I propose a two-dimensional solution to a problem for modal Meinongianism that is posed by Beall (2006), Sauchelli (2012), and Milne (2013), and show that, by taking recourse to two-dimensionalism, divergent intuitions about the question of whether fictional characters might exist can be reconciled. Moreover, two-dimensionalism helps to rebut Kroon's (2012) argument to the conclusion that modal Meinongianism cannot rule out the odd claim that some non-existent objects have existence-entailing properties at the actual world.
- Subjects
NONEXISTENT objects (Philosophy); SEMANTICS (Philosophy); ANALYTIC philosophy; FICTIONAL characters; HOLMES, Sherlock (Fictional character)
- Publication
Ratio, 2016, Vol 29, Issue 3, p249
- ISSN
0034-0006
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/rati.12105