Abstract
How far is it legitimate to begin the history of the Phenomenological Movement with Franz Brentano? Certainly Brentano himself did not claim to be a phenomenologist, although he lived long enough to see the Phenomenological Movement spread even beyond Husserl. In fact, as far as he followed Husserl’s development at all, his reaction, in spite of his persistent friendship and good will, was one of growing bewilderment and dismay.1
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Major Works
Psychologie vom empirischen Standpunkt (1874); incomplete second edition with supplements under the title Klassifikation der psychischen Phänomene (1911). The posthumous edition in 3 volumes by Oskar Kraus (1924, 1925, 1928) contains further additions and editorial introductions and notes. English translation by Antos C. Rancurello, D. B. Terrell and Linda L. McAlister (1973). Departing slightly from the arrangement in Kraus’s German edition — for good reasons. Some new notes. Reliable and readable.
Vom Ursprung sittlicher Erkenntnis (1889). English translation under the title The Origin of our Knowledge of Right and Wrong by R. M. Chisholm and Elizabeth Schneewind (1973); replacing the 1902 translation by Cecil Hague.
Major Posthumous Editions
Versuch über die Erkenntnis by Kastil (1925).
Vom Dasein Gottes by Kastil (1929).
Wahrheit und Evidenz by Kraus (1930). English translation by R. M. Chisholm and Kurt Fischer as The True and the Evident (1966).
Grundlegung und Aufbau der Ethik by F. Mayer-Hillebrand (1952). Translation in preparation.
Religion und Philosophie by F. Mayer-Hillebrand (1954).
Die Lehre vom richtigen Urteil by F. Mayer-Hillebrand (1956).
Grundzüge der Ästhetik by F. Mayer-Hillebrand (1959).
Abkehr vom Nichtrealen by F. Mayer-Hillebrand (1966).
Monographs and Chapters in Books
BRIGHTMAN, E. S., “The Finite Self,” in Barrett, Clifford, ed., Contemporary Idealism in America. New York: Macmillan, 1932. Sections IV and V of this article (pp. 183–192) present Brentano’s view of the self as an example of a non-idealist but congenial position.
EATON, HOWARD, The Austrian Philosophy of Value. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1929. The first three chapters discuss aspects of Brentano’s philosophy relevant to value theory; the chapter on his empirical psychology omits “intentionality.”
GILSON, LUCIE, Méthode et métaphysique selon F. Brentano. Paris: Vrin, 1955. La psychologie descriptive selon F. Brentano. Paris: Vrin, 1955. Both very competent and helpful studies.
KASTIL, ALFRED, Die Philosophie Franz Brentanos. Munich: Lehnen, 1951. Published after the death of the author by Franziska Mayer-Hillebrand; attempts a systematic presentation of Brentano’s last views; no indexes.
KRAUS, OSKAR, Franz Brentano. Munich: Beck, 1919. Includes contributions by Carl Stumpf and Edmund Husserl and a complete list of Brentano’s publications during his lifetime.
RANCURELLO, ANTOS C. A Study ofFranz Brentano. His Psychological Standpoint and His Significance in the History of Psychology. New York: Academic Press, 1968. This book is interested chiefly in Brentano’s place in psychology. It follows E. G. Boring’s interpretation, but also sees in Brentano an ancestor of “humanistic psychology.” Comprehensive annotated bibliography.
Articles
The most important discussions of Brentano’s philosophy, either in English translation or in the original English, are included in LINDA L. McALISTER, ed., The Philosophy of Brentano. London: Duckworth, 1976.
The latest important addition is the contributions to the Brentano-Konferenz in Graz (1977) edited by R. M. Chisholm and R. Haller in Grazer Philosophische Studien 5 (1978).
See also Herbert Spiegelberg, The Context of the Phenomenological Movement. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1981.
Bibliographies
For the primary works see R. M. Chisholm’s list at the end of the McAlister volume, pp. 240–47 in chronological order, followed by a list of the secondary literature on pp. 248–52.
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Spiegelberg, H. (1994). Franz Brentano (1838–1917): Forerunner of the Phenomenological Movement. In: The Phenomenological Movement. Phaenomenologica, vol 5/6. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7491-3_2
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