Мейнонгианский анализ понятия существования: проблемы и затруднения

Философия науки. 2021. Т. 88. № 1. С. 13–29.

Frolov K.

The main thesis of the article is that the idea of A. Meinong's interpretation of the
concept of existence as an eccentric and deliberately implausible concept that implies absurd
consequences is unjustified. The author shows that, being correctly presented, this
approach not only does not contradict our typical and natural intuitions, but corresponds to
them more than any other theory of a similar kind. In this, the key thesis of Meinongianism
is that the subject matter of certain thoughts and ideas is not necessarily caused by the existence
of the corresponding subject in the physical world. One can think about something
that does not exist and such thinking will not be empty. At the same time, this thesis is not aimed at proving the “existence of something non-existent”, but just states a certain fact,
which, although it needs further clarification, surely cannot be denied.

Keywords: существование, existence, объект, object