Beschreibung:
In this first volume of The Sylvan Jungle, the editors present a scholarly edition of the first chapter, "Exploring Meinong's Jungle," of Richard Routley's 1000-plus page book, Exploring Meinong's Jungle and Beyond. Going against the Quinean orthodoxy, Routley's aim was to support Meinong's idea that we can truthfully refer to non-existent and even impossible objects, like Superman, unicorns and the (infamous) round-square cupola on Berkeley College. The tools of non-classical logic at Routley's disposal enabled him to update Meinong's project for a new generation.
Editors' Preface.- Introduction: The Jungle Book in context - Hyde.- Original Material.- First Edition Front Matter.- Preface and Acknowledgements.- Chapter 1. Exploring Meinong's jungle and beyond. I. Items and descriptions.- Bibliography.- Supplementary Bibliography.- Supplementary Essays.- Why item theory doesn't (quite) go far enough - Griffin.- Re-exploring item theory - Sylvan.- The future perfect of Exploring Meinong's Jungle and Beyond - Casati.