The Philosophy of Brentano: Contributions from the Second International Conference Graz 1977 & 2017. In memory of Rudolf Haller

403 Pages·2021·1.881 MB·English

by  Mauro Antonelli, Thomas Binder

ThePhilosophyofBrentano
Studien zur Ö sterreichischen
Philosophie
Gegründetvon
RudolfHaller†
Herausgegebenvon
MauroAntonelli
volume 49
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Title:ThephilosophyofBrentano:contributionsfromtheSecondInternational
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Contents
Editors’Introduction 1
MauroAntonelliandThomasBinder
InMemoryofRudolfHaller(1929–2014) 7
MauroAntonelli
part 1
Brentano’sPhilosophicalProgram
WasBrentanoaSystematicPhilosopher? 11
WolfgangHuemer
RemarksontheArchitectureofBrentano’sPhilosophicalProgram 28
DenisFisette
BrentanoonKant’sTranscendentalIdealism 50
SusanKrantzGabriel
part 2
Ontology
BeobachtungenzurDeduktionderKategorieninBrentanosDissertation 73
WernerSauer
MedievalandAustro-GermanRealisms:UniversalsandStatesofAffairs 117
LaurentCesalli
part 3
Psychology
PsychologyFirst! 141
DenisSeron
vi contents
‘DisentanglingJudgementfromItsLinguisticClothing’:Brentano’sViewof
JudgementandItsLinguisticGuises 156
JohannesL.BrandlandMarkTextor
FranzBrentanoandAntonMarty:TwoVersionsofDescriptive
Psychology? 179
IonTănăsescu
BrentanoontheCharacteristicsofSensation 192
HamidTaieb
DerEinflussFranzBrentanosaufSigmundFreud:DerVersucheines
umfassendenideengeschichtlichenArguments 209
BernhardM.Geißler
part 4
PhilosophyofMind
Selbst-RepräsentationundPhänomenaleIntentionalitätbeiBrentano:
EinekritischeStellungnahme 231
MauroAntonelli
WasverstehtBrentanoinderIntentionalitätspassageuntereinemObjekt
einespsychischenPhänomens? 250
ChristianeSchreiber
BrentanoundMeinong:Versucheinerdokumentarischen
Gegenüberstellung 263
JohannC.Marek
part 5
Logic,Ethics,Religion,andPolitics
BrentanoasaLogicist 301
CarloIerna
BrentanoandvonEhrenfelsonEmotion,Desire,andAbsoluteValue:
AnExtremeContrastinAustrianPhenomenology 312
RobinD.Rollinger
contents vii
DieTransformationdesGlaubensbeimfrühenBrentano 328
KlausHedwig
ZumpsychologischenGottesbeweisbeiFranzBrentano 351
AdrianMaître
EinepolitischeWissenschaftgibtesnochnicht:EinigeBemerkungenzu
FranzBrentanosVerhältniszurPolitik 368
ThomasBinder
IndexofNames 389

Editors’ Introduction
MauroAntonelliandThomasBinder
This volume is a collection of papers, revised in the form of essays, which
wereoriginallypresentedastalksatthesymposium“ThephilosophyofFranz
Brentano—SecondInternationalConferenceGraz1977/2017.Inmemoryof
Rudolf Haller”, held at the Karl-Franzens University Graz from 5 to 7 Octo-
ber 2017. It ideally and programmatically connects to the first conference of
the same title as in 1977, promoted in Graz by Rudolf Haller and Roderick
M.Chisholmontheoccasionofthe60thanniversaryofFranzBrentano’sdeath,
and to the conference proceedings, published in 1978 as the fifth volume of
thejournalGrazerPhilosophischeStudien.The2017conferencewasorganized
by UdoThiel (Institute of Philosophy at the Karl-Franzens University Graz),
ThomasBinder(FranzBrentanoArchiveGraz)andMauroAntonelli(Univer-
sityofMilano-Bicocca/Karl-FranzensUniversityGraz).
Franz Brentano (1838–1917) was one of the most influential philosophers
at the turn of the 19th to the 20th century. He is not only regarded as the
founder of the tradition of Austrian philosophy (according to the “Neurath-
Haller-thesis”)and—asateacherofEdmundHusserl—ofphenomenology,but
histheseseventodayplayacentralroleinthephilosophyofmindamongother
things.However,Brentanonotonlyreshapedthephilosophyofmind,primar-
ilythroughthereintroductionof theconceptof intentionality;hewasalsoa
remarkable and innovative thinker in several other fields of philosophy, and
recentdebatesonmanyphilosophicalissuesshowastrongresurgenceofinter-
estinBrentano’sthought.Themainobjectiveoftheconference,whichsawthe
participationofalargenumberofinternationalBrentanoscholars,wastofocus
ontheimpressiverangeofBrentano’sthinkingandpersonalityontheonehand
andtogiveanoverviewof theextremelylivelycurrentresearchonBrentano
ontheother.
Notonlymostofthespeakersattheconferencecontributedtothevolume
butalsoinvitedscholarswhohadbeenunabletoattendtheconference,and
otherswho,presentaslisteners,showedinterestinthiseditorialinitiative.The
general structure of the volume reflects that of the conference. It is divided
intofivesections,devotedrespectivelyto:1.Brentano’sphilosophicalprogram;
2.Ontology;3.Psychology;4.PhilosophyofMind;and5.Logic,Ethics,Religion,
andPolitics.
WithregardtoSection1,“Brentano’sphilosophicalprogram”,WolfgangHue-
mertakesapositionagainstthethesisthatBrentanowasa“systematic”philoso-
2 antonelli and binder
pher,inthesensethathisphilosophicalviewsrepresentthe“lastgrandsystem”
proposedbeforeworkinphilosophyhasbecomefragmentedandspecialized
inthetwentiethcentury.Thisthesis,suggestedbyUriahKriegel,iscontrasted
withananalysisofBrentano’smethod,whichisindeedsystematic,butnotin
thesensethatBrentanowantedtopresentasystemasaresultofhisphilosoph-
icalachievements,butregardinghiswayofphilosophizing.Brentano’sminute
analysisofsinglephilosophicalquestionsisalwaysframedinageneralscheme,
ina“system”which,likethatofhismasterAristotle,wasandshouldremainan
opensystem.
Thegeneralschemeof thisopensystemisoutlinedbyDenisFisettestart-
ing from Brentano’s philosophy of history, i.e., Brentano’s theory of the four
phasesofphilosophy,andthecloserelationshipbetweenphilosophyandsci-
encewhichhealwayssupported.Movingfromhere,Fisettecomestoexamine
the two main axes of his philosophical program, i.e. psychology and meta-
physics,andthequestionof howthethreenormativesciencesof aesthetics,
logicandethicsarerootedinpsychology.
Brentano’s philosophical program is finally analysed by Susan Krantz
GabrielinhercriticalcomparisonwithKant’stranscendentalidealism.More-
over,shehighlightshowBrentanowasindebtedtoKant,namely,thatsomeof
hisviewsinvolveorleadtoakindofphenomenologicalrealism.
Inthesection“Ontology”,WernerSauerdealswithBrentano’sdeductionof
theAristoteliancategoriesinhisdissertationandshowsinaconvincingman-
nerthatinthisdeductionThomasAquinasistobeseenastheactualsource
ofinspirationforBrentano.StartingfromadetailedaccountoftheThomistic
background, Sauer shows that Brentano’s whole approach rests directly on
Aquinas’essetheory,whichisunknowntotheStagirite,andhehighlightsthe
fundamentalroleplayedbytheyoungBrentanointheneo-Scholasticproject
ofarevivalofthephilosophiaperennisonanAristotelian-Thomistbasis.
LaurentCesalliinvestigatesthemedievalrootsof that“realism”of anAris-
totelian imprint that characterized the Austro-German tradition stemming
fromBolzanoandBrentano,inamainlysystematic-comparative,andnothis-
toriographicperspective.
In Section 3, “Psychology”, Denis Seron addresses the foundational role
Brentanoassignedtopsychologyintheedificeofscience.Seron’sthesisisthat
thisviewisaconsequenceofBrentano’sintentionalitythesis,whichexpresses
a strong epistemological position about what knowledge in general is: All
knowledge, whether inner or outer, has its source in “inner perception” and
hence is somehow connected with psychology. Given this, he discusses
Brentano’saccountofthedistinctionbetweenpsychologyandphysics,which
isundoubtedlyamongthemostoriginalandfruitfulaspectsofhisepistemol-
ogyandphilosophyasawhole.