Ernst Mally

Ernst Mally
Ernst Mally
Born	11 October 1879; Kranj, Duchy of Carniola, Austria-Hungary
Died	8 March 1944 (aged 64); Schwanberg, Austria
Education
Education	University of Graz; (PhD, 1903; Dr. phil. hab., 1912)
Theses	Untersuchungen zur Gegenstandstheorie des Messens (Investigations in the Object Theory of Measurement) (1903); Gegenstandstheoretische Grundlagen der Logik und Logistik (Object-theoretic Foundations for Logics and Logistics (1912);
Doctoral advisor	Alexius Meinong
Philosophical work
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Graz School of object theory (part of the Austrian realist Meinong's School) (early); Analytic philosophy (late)
Institutions	University of Graz; (1925–1942)
Doctoral students	J. N. Findlay
Main interests	Metaphysics, theory of objects
Notable ideas	"Instantiating" vs. "being determined by" (erfüllen vs. determiniert sein) a property as two modes of predication; Nuclear vs. extranuclear (formal vs. extra-formal) properties (formale vs. außerformale Bestimmungen) of objects; Abstract determinates (Determinaten) as the content of mental states; Axiomatization of ethics (deontic logic)

Ernst Mally (/ˈmɑːli/; German: [ˈmali]; 11 October 1879 – 8 March 1944) was an Austrian analytic philosopher, initially affiliated with Alexius Meinong's Graz School of object theory. Mally was one of the founders of deontic logic and is mainly known for his contributions in that field of research. In metaphysics, he is known for introducing a distinction between two kinds of predication, better known as the dual predication approach.

Ernst Mally
Born	11 October 1879 Kranj, Duchy of Carniola, Austria-Hungary
Died	8 March 1944 (1944-03-09) (aged 64) Schwanberg, Austria

Education
Education	University of Graz (PhD, 1903; Dr. phil. hab., 1912)
Theses	Untersuchungen zur Gegenstandstheorie des Messens (Investigations in the Object Theory of Measurement) (1903) Gegenstandstheoretische Grundlagen der Logik und Logistik (Object-theoretic Foundations for Logics and Logistics (1912)
Doctoral advisor	Alexius Meinong
Philosophical work
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Graz School of object theory (part of the Austrian realist Meinong's School) (early) Analytic philosophy (late)
Institutions	University of Graz (1925–1942)
Doctoral students	J. N. Findlay
Main interests	Metaphysics, theory of objects
Notable ideas	"Instantiating" vs. "being determined by" (erfüllen vs. determiniert sein) a property as two modes of predication Nuclear vs. extranuclear (formal vs. extra-formal) properties (formale vs. außerformale Bestimmungen) of objects Abstract determinates (Determinaten) as the content of mental states Axiomatization of ethics (deontic logic)