Why Kant is not a Meinongian
Abstract
In this article, I will not only attempt to defend the Kantian position regarding existence from a series of recent criticisms from some analytic philosophers, but I will also try to demonstrate that, to effectively respond to such criticisms, one must resort to the analytic tradition itself and in particular, to the Fregean idea that existence is a quantifier.
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