Brentano and the Positive Philosophy of Comte and Mill

Ahead of Publication Published by De Gruyter 2022

Brentano and the Positive Philosophy of Comte and Mill

With Translations of Original Writings on Philosophy as Science by Franz Brentano

Edited by: Ion Tănăsescu, Alexandru Bejinariu, Susan Krantz Gabriel and Constantin Stoenescu

Volume 20 in the series Phenomenology & Mind

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About this book

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 by analyzing the following themes: the concept of positive knowledge; philosophy and empirical, genetic and descriptive psychology as sciences in Brentano, Comte and Mill; the strategies for the rebirth of philosophy in these three authors; the theory of the ascending stages of thought, of their decline, of the intentionality in Comte and Brentano; the reception of Comte’s positivism in Whewell and Mill; induction and phenomenalism in Brentano, Mill and Bain; the problem of the "I" in Hume and Brentano; mathematics as a foundational science in Brentano, Kant and Mill; Brentano’s critique of Mach’s positivism; the concept of positive science in Brentano’s metaphysics and in Husserl’s early phenomenology; the reception of Brentano’s psychology in Twardowski; The Brentano Institute at Oxford. The volume also contains the translation of the most significant writings of Brentano regarding philosophy as science.

I. Tănăsescu, Romanian Academy; A. Bejinariu, Romanian Society of Phenomenology; S. Krantz Gabriel, Saint Anselm College; C. Stoenescu, University of Bucharest.

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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Academics, libraries, institutes
Pages
- Main content: 690
Illustrations
- Coloured Illustrations: 3
- Tables: 1
Keywords: Positive philosophy; empirical psychology; stages of human thought; strategies for the rebirth of philosophy

eBook

Planned Publication: August 22, 2022
ISBN: 9783110734645

Hardcover

Planned Publication: August 22, 2022
ISBN: 9783110738858