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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.
Author
Concept
Summary/Quotes
Sources
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. 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
Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-19