Psychology from an Empirical Standpoint (International Library of Philosophy) [Paperback]

Franz Brentano (Author)

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Publication Date: November 21, 1995 | ISBN-10: 0415106613 | ISBN-13: 978-0415106610 | Edition: 2

Franz Brentano's classic study Psychology from an Empirical Standpoint was the most important of Brentano's works to be published in his lifetime.
A new introduction by Peter Simons places Brentano's work in the context of current philosophical thought. He is able to show how Brentano has emerged since the 1970s as a key figure in both contemporary European and Anglo-American traditions and crucial to any understanding the recent history of philosophy and psychology.

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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

Product Details

• Paperback: 448 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 2 edition (November 21, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0415106613
• ISBN-13: 978-0415106610
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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4.0 out of 5 stars If you want to get smart in phenomenology, starts from this book, February 13, 2008

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If you want to see the beginning of the phenomenological movement you should read this book. In this book is where Brentano re takes the concept of intentional content of the consciousness, that Aristotle, and scholastics used before, and in a way prepare the way to Husserl for his logical investigations (specially Investigation 5 - 6).

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4.0 out of 5 stars Intensional Inexistance, September 21, 2009

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Two key word objects: Intentional Inexistence, and Inner perception...

I found this book useful as an empiricist/constructivist. I had not meditated on the thought of thought as a form of perception, maybe I missed out on the concept when I read Locke and Hume a few years ago, maybe i just didn't split that hair. Either way I find that thought as a form of perception/intuition is interesting along with presentation and judgment. Also this book is important in that it is one of the early works that specifically mention intentionality as a key part of the human.He may have even been the first to formulate intentionality. This is an important work, especially if you read or want to read Edmund Husserl.