Full Idea
Meinong has recently been credited with inspiring 'free logic': a logic without existence assumptions.
Gist of Idea
So-called 'free logic' operates without existence assumptions
Source
report of Alexius Meinong (The Theory of Objects [1904]) by George / Van Evra - The Rise of Modern Logic 8
Book Reference
'A Companion of Philosophical Logic', ed/tr. Jacquette,Dale [Blackwell 2002], p.46
A Reaction
This would appear to be a bold escape from the quandries concerning the existential implications of quantifiers. I immediately find it very appealing. It seems to spell disaster for the Quinean program of deducing ontology from language.