Meinongianism posits that for any condition on objects, there is a unique object satisfying exactly that condition. However, for any plurality of objects, one could construct the condition of being a thought about exactly those objects. But, by Cantorian diagonalization, that means that there are more of these thoughts than objects in Meinong's Jungle. But these thoughts are within Meinong's Jungle. Therefore, Meinong's Jungle is larger than itself. Contradiction.
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Squared's Razor
Our best theories of physics are not simple. Our best theories of the economy are not simple. Our best theories of psychology are not simple. Etc.
We can reason inductively that the best theory of metaphysics shouldn't be simple either. But this is in tension with the notion that simplicity is a theoretical virtue. So, we should aspire for a goldilocks metaphysical theory. One that is neither too complex, nor too simple.
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