The School of Franz Brentano (Nijhoff International Philosophy Series (52))

The central idea developed by the contributions to this book is that the split between analytic philosophy and phenomenology - perhaps the most impor­ tant schism in twentieth-century philosophy - resulted from a radicalization of reciprocal partialities. Both schools of thought share, in fact, the same cultural background and their same initial stimulus in the thought of Franz Brentano. And one outcome of the subsequent rift between them was the oblivion into which the figure and thought of Brentano have fallen. The first step to take in remedying this split is to return to Brentano and to reconstruct the 'map' of Brent ani sm. The second task (which has been addressed by this book) is to revive inter­ est in the theoretical complexity of Brentano' s thought and of his pupils and to revitalize those aspects that have been neglected by subsequent debate within the various movements of Brentanian inspiration. We have accordingly decided to organize the book into two introductory es­ says followed by two sections (Parts 1 and 2) which systematically examine Brentano's thought and that of his followers. The two introductory essays re­ construct the reasons for the 'invisibility', so to speak, of Brentano and set out of his philosophical doctrine. Part 1 of the book then ex­ the essential features amines six of Brentano's most outstanding pupils (Marty, Stumpf, Meinong, Ehrenfels, Husserl and Twardowski). Part 2 contains nine essays concentrating on the principal topics addressed by the Brentanians. Front Matter....Pages i-xv Introduction. Brentano and His School: Reassembling the Puzzle....Pages 1-23 Franz Brentano (1838–1917)....Pages 25-79 Front Matter....Pages 81-81 Anton Marty (1847–1914)....Pages 83-108 Carl Stumpf (1848–1936)....Pages 109-129 Alexius Meinong (1853–1920)....Pages 131-159 Christian von Ehrenfels (1859–1932)....Pages 161-174 Edmund Husserl (1859–1938)....Pages 175-206 Kazimierz Twardowski (1866–1938)....Pages 207-231 Front Matter....Pages 233-233 ACT, Content, and Object....Pages 235-259 Intentionality....Pages 261-284 Higher-Order Objects....Pages 285-304 Logic in the Brentano School....Pages 305-321 Logic and the Sachverhalt ....Pages 323-341 Truth Theories....Pages 343-355 Reism in the Brentanist Tradition....Pages 357-375 Theories of Values....Pages 377-422 From Kant to Brentano....Pages 423-464 Back Matter....Pages 465-480 The School of Franz Brentano provides a fascinating picture of both the life and thought of Franz Brentano and his main pupils. The volume is divided into three sections, presenting: a detailed reconstruction of Brentano's life and contributions to philosophy; separate studies of Brentano's most important students (von Ehrenfels, Husserl, Marty, Meinong, Stumpf, and Twardowski); separate studies of the main philosophical problems or areas of Brentano's writings. /LIST The book is the first wide reconstruction of Brentano's intellectual legacy, with topics such as philosophy of mind, ontology, philosophy of language, logic and theory of values.