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| 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. | |||
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Gottlob Frege on Round Square - Dictionary of Arguments
IV 110 "Round square"/Frege: "round square" is the name of an empty, but possible concept. Nothing has fallen under it. >Concept, >Object, >Non-existence, >Reference._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. "Vs" indicates differences in content, not necessarily the chronological progression of a controversy. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
F I G. Frege Die Grundlagen der Arithmetik Stuttgart 1987 F II G. Frege Funktion, Begriff, Bedeutung Göttingen 1994 F IV G. Frege Logische Untersuchungen Göttingen 1993 |
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