A Critique of the Negative Facts and Some Theories of Nonbeing Objects; the Problem of Infinite Regress

In this essay I try to analyze briefly the claim and proofs of Mu‘tazilite’s nonbeing objects (thubūt)، Russell''s earlier view in Principles of Mathematics، and Russell''s later view on negative facts. I، then، indicate that since these claims have been defended and reconstructed even in the recent years، it is necessary to reevaluate such views. Since we should not regard their counter–intuitiveness as sufficient in criticizing them، I attempt to show some of their logical unacceptable consequences: if they are true، they ontologically will result in an infinite regress.