Noneist Explorations II

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiii

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2. The importance of not existing

   • Richard Routley, Val Routley

   Pages 1-114

3. The meaning of existence

   • Richard Routley, Val Routley

   Pages 115-208

4. The importance of nonexistent objects and of intensionality in mathematics and the theoretical sciences

   • Richard Routley, Val Routley

   Pages 209-234

5. Rudiments of noneist philosophies of mathematics and science

   • Richard Routley, Val Routley

   Pages 235-288

6. How the theory elaborated differs from other theories of objects in its theses and objectives

   • Richard Routley, Val Routley

   Pages 289-387

7. Correction to: Noneist Explorations II: The Sylvan Jungle — Volume 3

   • Richard Routley, Val Routley

   Pages C1-C1

8. Back Matter

   Pages 389-461

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This third volume continues Richard Routley's explorations of an improved Meinongian account of non-referring and intensional discourse (including joint work with Val Routley, later Val Plumwood). It focuses on the essays 8 to 12 of the original monograph, Exploring Meinong's Jungle and Beyond, following on from the material of the first two volumes and further explores aspects and implications of the Noneist position. It begins with a discussion of the value of nonexistent objects championed by noneism, especially as regards theories of perception, universals, value theory and a commonsense account of belief. It continues with: a detailed analysis of what it means to exist; the importance of nonexistent objects to adequate accounts of mathematics and the theoretical sciences; and an account of noneisms' distinctiveness from other accounts of nonexistent objects. These essays are supplemented with scholarly essays from Naoya Fujikawa, and Maureen Eckert and Charlie Donahue.

• Quine Objections to Noneism
• Quine Non existent Objects
• Fred Kroon Varieties Noneism
• Filippo Cassati objects
• Smart's Critique Meinongian Semantics
• Noneist Analysis Fictional Discourse
• Richard Routley Meinongian Logic
• Richard Sylvan Meinongian Logic
• Richard Routley intensional discourse
• Val Routley Meinongian Logic
• Val Plumwood Meinongian Logic
• Exploring Meinong Jungle and Beyond
• Noneist position Meinong logic
• Quine On What There Is
• arguments for noneism
• noneist analysis fictional discourse
• nonexistent objects mathematics
• nonexistent objects theoretical sciences
• noneism by J.J.C. Smart

“This book contains the core of the application of noneism to ontology, in particular, to the ontology of mathematics and the sciences. It is a required reading for those interested in those fields … . Certainly, there is much to be learned by engaging with the discussion in the book, and Routley's short but useful discussions on the methodology of theory choice in logic and ontology deserve to be better known in the epistemology of logic and in current metaontology.” (Jonas Rafael Becker Arenhart, Mathematical Reviews, April, 2022)

• Philosophy, HPRC, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia

  Dominic Hyde

• Canberra, Australia

  Richard Routley, Val Routley

Richard Routley/Sylvan (1935-1996), a New Zealand born philosopher, who was a research fellow at the Australian National University at the time of his death, rose to prominence for his work in the development of Relevance Logic, Deep Ecology and a revised and improved Meinongian ontology known as noneism.   An iconoclastic figure in Australian philosophy, Routley/Sylvan s legacy thrives in the views of students and colleagues worldwide.

Dominic Hyde is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at The University of Queensland whose works include: Vagueness, Logic and Ontology (2008), and Eco-Logical Lives: the philosophical lives of Richard Routley/Sylvan and Val Routley/Plumwood (2014). He works in non-classical logic and environmental philosophy and in environmental conservation.  

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