Meinong's Jungle

Meinong's Jungle is a philosophical concept stemming from Austrian philosopher Alexius Meinong, which explores the idea of objects that do not exist in reality but can still be thought about or discussed. For example, consider fictional characters or impossible objects, like a round square. In this "jungle," there are various categories of existence; some things exist, some don’t, yet we can still refer to them meaningfully. This challenges traditional views of existence and leads to questions about how we understand and talk about non-existent or fictional entities in our thoughts and language.