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Meinong's jungle

Meinong's jungle proper noun: the repository of nonexistent objects (thought to have some form of existence because they can be referred to), in the ontology of Alexius Meinong.

Proper noun

Meinong's jungle

  1. The repository of nonexistent objects (thought to have some form of existence because they can be referred to), in the ontology of Alexius Meinong.

Origin of Meinong's jungle

Coined by Richard Routley in 1980.

Questions about Meinong's jungle

What does Meinong's jungle mean?
Meinong's jungle means the repository of nonexistent objects (thought to have some form of existence because they can be referred to), in the ontology of Alexius Meinong.
What part of speech is Meinong's jungle?
Meinong's jungle is a proper noun.

Words near Meinong's jungle in the dictionary

  1. Meininger
  2. Meiningers
  3. Meinke
  4. Meinkes
  5. Meinong
  6. Meinong's jungle
  7. Meinongian
  8. meinongianism
  9. Meins
  10. Meinung
  11. meiny

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