Alexius Meinong

Alexius Meinong (b. 1853, d. 1920) was an Austrian philosopher who worked at the University of Graz. He was a pupil of Franz Brentano and is most famous for his belief in nonexistent objects.

Major Works:

Über Gegenstandstheorie, lead article in A. Meinong (ed.), Untersuchungen zur Gegenstandstheorie und Psychologie, Leipzig: Barth, 1904
Über Annahmen, 2nd edition, Leipzig: Barth, 1910
Über Möglichkeit und Wahrscheinlichkeit, Leipzig: Barth, 1915
Über emotionale Präsentation, report of the Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna, 1917

His Life:

Born, 1853, in Lemberg (which was part of Austria and later became part of Poland; now it is called Lviv and is in the Ukraine), to a noble German family
1865-1870, attended the Academic Gymnasium, in Vienna
1870, enrolled at the University of Vienna
1874, Doctorate Examination, History (Hauptrigorosum) and Philosophy (Nebenrigorosum), University of Vienna
1878-1882, Privatdozent, University of Vienna
1882, Habilitation, Philosophy, University of Vienna
1882-1889, Professor Extraordinarius, University of Graz
1889-1920, Ordinary Professor, Chair of Philosophy, University of Graz
Died, 1920, in Graz, Austria

Further Reading:

Findlay, J. N., Meinong's Theory of Objects and Values, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1963
Simons, Peter, ‘On What There Isn't: The Meinong--Russell Dispute’, in his book Philosophy and Logic in Central Europe from Bolzano to Tarski, Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1992, pp. 159–191