This volume, originating from the centennial Second International Conference Graz 1977–2017 on Franz Brentano’s philosophy, collects eighteen essays written by nineteen distinguished specialists covering the main areas of Brentano’s philosophy: his epistemology, ontology, ethics, and logic, and his contributions to psychology and philosophy of mind. Its goal is to explore the significance and impact of Brentano’s thought, to promote a deepening of the ongoing renaissance of interest in Brentano, and to advance the project of understanding Brentano’s actual philosophical positions and correcting entrenched misunderstandings.
Mauro Antonelli is Professor of History of Science at the University of Milano-Bicocca and Privatdozent of Philosophy at the University of Graz. He has published monographs, critical editions, articles, and essays on nineteenth- and twentieth-century German and Austrian philosophy and psychology, Brentano and the Brentano School, phenomenology and phenomenological psychology, and the philosophy and psychology of time.
Thomas Binder is the head of the Franz Brentano Archive at the Institute of Philosophy at the University of Graz. He has recently published a monograph on Franz Brentano and his philosophical Nachlass, and articles and essays on Brentano and the Brentano School. He is also co-editor of Franz Brentano’s complete published works.
Editors’ Introduction Mauro Antonelli and Thomas Binder
In Memory of Rudolf Haller (1929–2014) Mauro Antonelli
Part 1 Brentano’s Philosophical Program
Was Brentano a Systematic Philosopher? Wolfgang Huemer
Remarks on the Architecture of Brentano’s Philosophical Program Denis Fisette
Brentano on Kant’s Transcendental Idealism Susan Krantz Gabriel
Part 2 Ontology
Beobachtungen zur Deduktion der Kategorien in Brentanos Dissertation Werner Sauer
Medieval and Austro-German Realisms: Universals and States of Affairs Laurent Cesalli
Part 3 Psychology
Psychology First! Denis Seron
‘Disentangling Judgement from Its Linguistic Clothing’: Brentano’s View of Judgement and Its Linguistic Guises Johannes L. Brandl and Mark Textor
Franz Brentano and Anton Marty: Two Versions of Descriptive Psychology? Ion Tănăsescu
Brentano on the Characteristics of Sensation Hamid Taieb
Der Einfluss Franz Brentanos auf Sigmund Freud: Der Versuch eines umfassenden ideengeschichtlichen Arguments Bernhard M. Geißler
Part 4 Philosophy of Mind
Selbst-Repräsentation und Phänomenale Intentionalität bei Brentano: Eine kritische Stellungnahme Mauro Antonelli
Was versteht Brentano in der Intentionalitätspassage unter einem Objekt eines psychischen Phänomens? Christiane Schreiber
Brentano und Meinong: Versuch einer dokumentarischen Gegenüberstellung Johann C. Marek
Part 5 Logic, Ethics, Religion, and Politics
Brentano as a Logicist Carlo Ierna
Brentano and von Ehrenfels on Emotion, Desire, and Absolute Value: An Extreme Contrast in Austrian Phenomenology Robin D. Rollinger
Die Transformation des Glaubens beim frühen Brentano Klaus Hedwig
Zum psychologischen Gottesbeweis bei Franz Brentano Adrian Maître
Eine politische Wissenschaft gibt es noch nicht: Einige Bemerkungen zu Franz Brentanos Verhältnis zur Politik Thomas Binder
Index of names
All interested in Franz Brentano and his school, Austrian philosophy, and their relationship to the phenomenological and analytical philosophical traditions.