Philosophy of Language and Other Matters in the Work of Anton Marty

388 Pages·2016·2.21 MB·English

by  Robin Rollinger

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STUDIEN ZUR ÖSTERREICHISCHEN PHILOSOPHIE
Gegründet von Rudolf Haller
Herausgegeben von Mauro Antonelli
BAND XLII
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ANALYSIS AND TRANSLATIONS
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Amsterdam - New York, NY 2010
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Without a doubt, the future belongs to
our exact school.
Unserer exakten Schule gehört eben
zweifelsohne die Zunkunft.

Brentano to Marty, 31 March 1873

My standpoint in psychology is the
empirical one; experience alone is my
teacher: but with others I share the
conviction that a certain ideal view is
indeed compatible with such a stand-
point.
Mein Standpunkt in der Psychologie ist
der empirische; die Erfahrung allein
gilt mir als Lehrmeisterin: aber mit
Anderen theile ich die Überzeugung,
dass eine gewisse ideale Anschauung
mit einem solchen Standpunkte wohl
vereinbar ist.

Brentano, Preface to Psychology from
an Empirical Standpoint (1874)

In memory of Kyle Rollinger (1962-2005)
and Richard Bechtle (1952-2008)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE xi
ANALYSIS 1
INTRODUCTION 3
I. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 9
1. Relationship to Brentano 11
2. The Situation of Philosophy 27
3. The Situation in Psychology 34
4. The Situation in the Study of Language 37
5. Concluding Remarks 45
II. THE CONCEPT AND TASKS OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF
LANGUAGE 49
1. Language as a Subject Matter of Philosophy 50
2. Practical Philosophy of Language 66
3. Theoretical Philosophy of Language 70
4. Concluding Remarks 74
III. DESCRIPTIVE SEMASIOLOGY 77
1. Inner Linguistic Form 77
2. Autosemantica 82
2.1. Statements 84
2.2. Emotives 101
2.3. Presentational Suggestives 107
3. Synsemantica 126
4. Conclusion 129
TRANSLATIONS 131
ON THE ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE 133
Preface 133
Introduction 135
Historical and Critical Survey 136
Positive Account 175
x Table of Contents

Concluding Considerations 223
WHAT IS PHILOSOPHY? 235
REVIEW: WILLIAM JAMES, THE PRINCIPLES OF
PSYCHOLOGY 255
Introduction 255
I. Overview 256
II. Criticism 269
ON ASSUMPTIONS: 301
Introduction: 301
Part I: Test of the Preliminary Improbability of the Theory of
“Assumptions” 306
Part II: Demonstration that the Hypothesis is Unnecessary 326
BIBLIOGRAPHY 351
INDEX OF NAMES 371