Noneism – Neither Meinongianism nor Allism

Abstract The subject of this paper is the relation between three views: noneism, Meinongianism, and allism. The first one has it that ‘some objects do not exist,’ the second that ‘there are objects that do not exist,’ and the last one that ‘every object exists.’ While noneism is commonly considered to be close to Meinongianism and very distant to allism, this arrangement has been lately questioned. Consequently, some claimed that the difference between noneism and allism is based merely on the choice of words. The aim of this paper is to argue that the disagreement between noneism and allism is substantial and not merely verbal, and its subject is the domain of objects.