Ernst Mally was an Austrian analytic philosopher, initially affiliated with Alexius Meinong's Graz School of object theory.
11 Facts About Ernst Mally
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Ernst Mally was born in the town of Kranj in the Duchy of Carniola, Austria-Hungary.
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Ernst Mally's father was of Slovene origin, but identified himself with Austrian German culture.
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Already at a young age, Ernst Mally became a fervent supporter of the Pan-German nationalist movement of Georg von Schonerer.
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Ernst Mally graduated in 1903 with a doctoral thesis entitled Untersuchungen zur Gegenstandstheorie des Messens.
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Ernst Mally maintained close contacts with the Graz Psychological Institute, founded by Meinong.
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Ernst Mally continued teaching during the Nazi administration of Austria until 1942 when he retired.
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Ernst Mally was the first logician ever to attempt an axiomatization of ethics.
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In metaphysics, Ernst Mally is known for introducing a distinction between two kinds of predication, a strategy better known as the dual predication approach, for solving the problem of nonexistent objects.
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Ernst Mally introduced a similar strategy, the dual property strategy, but did not endorse it.
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Ernst Mally developed a realistic approach to ontology and saw himself in opposition to the Vienna Circle and the logical positivists.