Brentano and the Positive Philosophy of Comte and Mill : : With Translations of Original Writings on Philosophy as Science by Franz Brentano / / ed. by Ion Tănăsescu, Alexandru Bejinariu, Susan Krantz Gabriel, Constantin Stoenescu.

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• MitwirkendeR: Bejinariu, Alexandru,; Binder, Thomas,; Bourdeau, Michel,; Capaldi, Nicholas,; Dewalque, Arnaud,; Eșanu, Andreea,; Huemer, Wolfgang,; Ierna, Carlo,; Krantz Gabriel, Susan,; McDonnell, Cyril,; Płotka, Witold,; Rollinger, Robin D.,; Savu, Bianca,; Stoenescu, Constantin,; Tănăsescu, Ion,
• HerausgeberIn: Bejinariu, Alexandru,; Gabriel, Susan Krantz,; Stoenescu, Constantin,; Tănăsescu, Ion,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Phenomenology & Mind , 20
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XIII, 616 p.)

Before now, there has been no comprehensive analysis of the multiple relations between A. Comte’s and J.S. Mill’s positive philosophy and Franz Brentano’s work. The present volume aims to fill this gap and to identify Brentano’s position in the context of the positive philosophy of the 19th century...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Table of Contents
• List of Abbreviations
• Introduction
• Comte, Mill, and Brentano on the Intellectual Status of Philosophy and Its Relationship to History
• Comte on Psychology: The Criticism of “Inner Observation” and the Constitution of the “Systematic View of the Soul”
• Franz Brentano and Auguste Comte: The Theory of Stages and the Psychology
• Comte and Brentano: Elements for a Theory of Decline
• Can We Have Scientific Knowledge About God? Brentano on Comte’s Metaphysical Skepticism
• Intentionality and the Classification of Phenomena and Sciences in Comte’s Cours de Philosophie Positive and in Brentano’s Empirical Psychology
• Brentano’s View about Natural Science and Methodological Phenomenalism. A Comparison with John Stuart Mill’s Approach
• The Reception of Positivism in Whewell, Mill and Brentano
• Franz Brentano’s Multifaceted View of Induction in Empirical and Genetic Psychology
• Hume’s “Bundle of Perceptions” and the “Problem of the I” in Brentano’s Psychology from an Empirical Standpoint
• Brentano’s Mathematical Foundation of Science
• Franz Brentano on the Errors of Mach’s Positivism: Psychology, Metaphysics, Logic
• On the Brentanian Legacy in Twardowski’s Views on Psychology
• Descriptive and Intentional Contents. Considerations on Husserl’s Logical Investigations from Brentano’s Empirical Point of View
• Brentano’s Four Phases and the Rise of Scientific Philosophy in the Light of His Relation to His Students
• Brentano in Exile: The Brentano Institute at Oxford
• Appendix: The Idea of Philosophy as Science in Brentano
• Habilitation Theses 1866
• Auguste Comte and Positive Philosophy 1869
• Introduction to the Concept of the History of Philosophy
• On the Law of Historical Development
• Philosophy of the History of Philosophy
• On the Reasons for a Loss of Confidence in the Area of Philosophy
• On Schelling’s Philosophy
• On the Future of Philosophy
• My Parting Wishes for Austria 1894
• Index