[Revised entry by Alexander Hieke, Gerhard Zecha, and Hamid Taieb on March 24, 2026.
Changes to: Main text, Bibliography]
The Austrian philosopher Ernst Mally (1879 - 1944) is one of the most important representatives of Meinong's School. Though he is best known for his work on Meinong's theory of objects (Gegenstandstheorie) and for his development of deontic logic, he has also gained some notoriety for his German-nationalist convictions and his support of National Socialist ideology. On the one hand, Mally's contribution to Meinong's theory of objects is not a mere extension of his teacher's work, but rather a real...