Alexius Meinong
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Alexius Meinong was an Austrian philosopher best known for his influential theory of objects, which analyzes the being and non-being of entities, including impossible and non-existent ones.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Alexius Meinong canonical | 2 |
| Meinongianism | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8237398 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexius Meinong Context triple: [Franz Brentano, influenced, Alexius Meinong]
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A.
Christian von Ehrenfels
Christian von Ehrenfels was an Austrian philosopher best known as an early founder of Gestalt psychology, particularly for his work on the concept of form and “Gestalt qualities.”
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B.
Franz Brentano
Franz Brentano was a 19th-century Austrian philosopher and psychologist best known for reviving the concept of intentionality and profoundly influencing early phenomenology and analytic philosophy.
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C.
Moritz Schlick
Moritz Schlick was a German philosopher best known as the founder and leading figure of the Vienna Circle, which helped establish logical positivism as a major movement in 20th-century analytic philosophy.
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D.
Karl von Normann-Ehrenfels
Karl von Normann-Ehrenfels was a German officer and nobleman best known for joining the Greek War of Independence as a prominent Philhellene military leader.
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E.
Ernst Otto Schlick
Ernst Otto Schlick was a 19th-century German engineer and shipbuilding expert known for his pioneering work on ship stability and the development of the gyroscopic stabilizer.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexius Meinong Target entity description: Alexius Meinong was an Austrian philosopher best known for his influential theory of objects, which analyzes the being and non-being of entities, including impossible and non-existent ones.
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A.
Christian von Ehrenfels
Christian von Ehrenfels was an Austrian philosopher best known as an early founder of Gestalt psychology, particularly for his work on the concept of form and “Gestalt qualities.”
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B.
Franz Brentano
Franz Brentano was a 19th-century Austrian philosopher and psychologist best known for reviving the concept of intentionality and profoundly influencing early phenomenology and analytic philosophy.
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C.
Moritz Schlick
Moritz Schlick was a German philosopher best known as the founder and leading figure of the Vienna Circle, which helped establish logical positivism as a major movement in 20th-century analytic philosophy.
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D.
Karl von Normann-Ehrenfels
Karl von Normann-Ehrenfels was a German officer and nobleman best known for joining the Greek War of Independence as a prominent Philhellene military leader.
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E.
Ernst Otto Schlick
Ernst Otto Schlick was a 19th-century German engineer and shipbuilding expert known for his pioneering work on ship stability and the development of the gyroscopic stabilizer.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austrian philosopher
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human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1853-07-17 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Austrian Empire
NERFINISHED
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Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria NERFINISHED ⓘ Lemberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Lviv NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | Austria-Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1920-11-27 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Austria
NERFINISHED
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Graz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Vienna ⓘ |
| employer | University of Graz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Meinong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
aesthetics
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ethics ⓘ ontology ⓘ philosophy ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ theory of objects ⓘ value theory ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Alexius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
analytic philosophy
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phenomenology ⓘ |
| influenced |
Bertrand Russell
NERFINISHED
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Gottlob Frege NERFINISHED ⓘ Karel Lambert NERFINISHED ⓘ Roderick Chisholm NERFINISHED ⓘ Terence Parsons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Bernard Bolzano
NERFINISHED
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David Hume NERFINISHED ⓘ Franz Brentano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| movement |
Austrian philosophy
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Brentano school NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Alexius Meinong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Austrian ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
distinction between being and existence
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impossible objects ⓘ object theory (Gegenstandstheorie) NERFINISHED ⓘ ontology of non-existent objects ⓘ theory of objects ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Über Annahmen
NERFINISHED
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Über Gegenstandstheorie NERFINISHED ⓘ Über die Erfahrungsgrundlagen unseres Wissens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
professor of philosophy
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university teacher ⓘ |
| studiedUnder | Franz Brentano NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation | Graz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Referenced by (4)
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Meinongianism
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Meinongianism