Brentano on intentionality

Tim Crane*

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Abstract (may include machine translation)

Brentano’s account of what he called intentionale Inexistenz — what we now call intentionality — is without question one of the most important parts of his philosophy, and one of the most influential ideas in late 19th-century philosophy. Here I will explain how this idea figures in Brentano’s central text, Psychology from an Empirical Standpoint (Brentano 1995a). I will then briefly explain how Brentano’s ideas about intentionality evolved after the first publication of this work in 1874, and how they were then misinterpreted by some influential analytic philosophers.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Routledge Handbook of Franz Brentano and the Brentano School
PublisherTaylor and Francis
Pages41-48
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781317690559
ISBN (Print)9781138023444
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2017

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