Noneist Explorations I

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 l ives of Richard Routley/Sylvan and Val Routley/Plumwood (2014). He works in non-classical logic and environmental philosophy and in environmental conservation.

Editors' Preface.- Contributors.- Introduction: Some Personal Reflections - Priest.- Original Material. First Edition Front Matter [Abridged].- Acknowledgements.- Chapter 2. Exploring Meinong's jungle and beyond. II. Existence and identity when times change.- Chapter 3. On what there isn't.- Chapter 4. Further objections to the theory of items disarmed.- Chapter 5. Three Meinongs.- Chapter 6. The theory of objects as commonsense.- Chapter 7. The problems of fiction and fictions.- Bibliography.- Supplementary Essays. A critique of Meinongian semantics - Smart.- Routley's theory of fictions - Reicher  Routley's second thoughts - Kroon.- Index.