ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to show how Alexius Meinong's ideas and logic based on them may be used for logical analyses of fiction. It discusses both merits and difficulties of this theoretical approach. In the realm of philosophical investigation two fields, which could be named Meinongian logic and logic of fiction, have emerged. Although they constitute distinct realms of inquiry, nevertheless they develop in parallel and inspire one another. Meinongian logic has developed as a result of the increasing interest in Meinong's ontology that for a long time was neglected in philosophical discussions. Fictional objects appearing in literary works are incomplete with respect to properties which are ascribed to them by the content of those works. The general strategy for the logic of fiction consists in treating the content of fictional discourse as expressing the internal determinations of fictional objects, fictional worlds, and other fictional entities.
