Franz Brentano and Austrian Philosophy

The book discusses Franz Brentano’s impact on Austrian philosophy. It contains both a critical reassessment of Brentano’s place in the development of Austrian philosophy at the turn of the 20th century and a reevaluation of the impact and significance of his philosophy of mind or ‘descriptive psychology’ which was Brentano's most important contribution to contemporary philosophy and to the philosophy in Vienna. In addition, the relation between Brentano, phenomenology, and the Vienna Circle is investigated, together with a related documentation of Brentano's disciple Alfred Kastil (in German). The general part deals with the ongoing discussion of Carnap's "Aufbau" (Vienna Circle Lecture by Alan Chalmers) and the philosophy of mind, with a focus on physicalism as discussed by Carnap and Wittgenstein (Gergely Ambrus). As usual, two reviews of recent publications in the philosophy of mathematics (Paolo Mancosu) and research on Otto Neurath's lifework (Jordi Cat/Adam Tuboly)are included as related research contributions. This book is of interest to students, historians, and philosophers dealing with the history of Austrian and German philosophy in the 19th and 20th century. 

Introduction: Franz Brentano in Vienna.- Brentano and Husserl on intentionality.- Descriptive Psychology and Phenomenology: From Brentano to Husserl to the Logic of Consciousness.- Brentano’s Concept of Descriptive Psychology.- Brentano on Phenomenology and Philosophy as a Science.- Brentano’s Appointment to Vienna.- Intentionality in the Vienna Circle.- (Dis-)Similarities: Remarks on „Austrian“ and „German“ Philosophy in the 19^th Century.- Learning from Lasaulx: The Origins of Brentano’s Four Phases Theory.- Franz Brentano and the Lvov-Warsaw School.- How many Terms does a Judgement have? Jerusalem versus Brentano.- Brentano and J. Stuart Mill on Phenomenalism and Mental Monism.- Ist die Unterscheidung zwischen Ganzheit und Summe eine sachliche?.- Franz Brentanos Kritik der Antimetaphysiker.- Gestaltpsychologie.- Carnap’s Second Aufbau and David Lewis’ Aufbau.- Carnap and Wittgenstein on Psychological Sentences, 1928-1932. Some Further Aspects of the Priority-dispute over Physicalism.- Scientific Communities, Reconsidered. A History of Theories and Concepts.- Paolo Mancosu, Abstraction and Infinity, Oxford University Press, 2016, viii + 222pp..- Jordi Cat, Adam Tamas Tuboly (Ed.) Neurath Reconsidered: New Sources and Perspectives. Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science Volume 336. Cham: Springer Nature, 2019.- Index.