A historical and conceptual reconstruction of the theories developed at the turn of the 19th century by a group of philosophers and experimental psychologists led by Alexius Meinong. It seeks to adhere closely to the original texts in order to provide an account of difficult and complex themes.

Contents: Foreword; Introduction: Meinong in his and our times, Liliana Albertazzi, Dale Jacquette and Roberto Poli; Alexius Meinong’s life and work, Evelin Dölling; Mates and Pupils: Rudolf Ameseder (1877-1937), Maria Sinatra; Vittorio Benussi (1878-1927), Liliana Albertazzi; Christian von Ehrenfels (1859-1932), Alfred Zimmer; Wilhelm Frankl (1878-1933), Giovanni Grandi; Fritz Heider (1896-1988), Elisabeth Baumgartner; Alois Höfler (1853-1922), Thomas Blackmore; Ernst Mally (1879-1944), Gerhard Zecha; Ernst Schwarz (1878-1938), Wilhelm Baumgartner; France Veber (1890-1975), Matjaz Potrc; Stephan Witasek (1870-1915), Andrea Haberl-Zemljic; Topics in Meinongian philosophy: A. Psychology: Presentation and production, Liliana Albertazzi; Meinong on psychological content, Johann Christian Marek; Assumption, Roberto Poli; Meinong on the objects of sensation, Robin D. Rollinger; The legacy of the Graz psychologists, Liliana Albertazzi; B. Logic, ontology and metaphysics: General theses of the theory of objects, Roberto Poli; Aussersein of the pure object, Dale Jacquette; Nuclear and extranuclear properties, Dale Jacquette; Meinong’s theory of meaning, Peter M. Simons and Edgar Morscher; The Meinongian logic of fiction, Jacek Pasniczek; Meinong’s main mistake, Reinhardt Grossmann; What is alive and what is dead in Russell’s critic of Meinong, Alberto Voltolini; C. Value theory: Meinongian aesthetics, Karl Schuhmann; Value theory in Ehrenfels and Meinong, Karl Schuhmann; Index.