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Descriptive Psychology represents a series of lectures given by Franz Brentano in 1890; they were the culmination of Brentano's work and the clearest statements of his mature thought. It was this later period which proved to be so important in the work of his student Husserl. This is the first English translation of the work. Muller has added a concise introduction which places Brentano's work within the historical context of philosophy and psychology. Muller also locates Brentano's influence on contemporary thinkers such as Husserl, Meinoning, Bertrand Russel and the entire Polish school of philosophy.
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DESCRIPTIVE PSYCHOLOGY
INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY OF PHILOSOPHY Edited by Tim Crane and Jonathan Wolff University College London
The history of the International Library of Philosophy can be traced back to the 1920s, when C.K. Ogden launched the series with G.E. Moore’s Philosophical Papers and soon after published Ludwig’ Wittgenstein’s Tractus Logico-Philosophicus. Since its auspicious start, it has published the finest work in philosophy under the successive editorships of A.J. Ayer, Bernard Williams and Ted Honderich. Now jointly edited by Tim Crane and Jonathan Wolff, the I.L.P will continue to publish work at the forefront of philosophical research. Other titles in the I.L.P. include: PSYCHOLOGY FROM AN EMPIRICAL STANDPOINT, SECOND EDITION With a new introduction by Peter Simons Franz Brentano CONTENT AND CONSCIOUSNESS Daniel C. Dennett G. E. MOORE: SELECTED WRITINGS Edited by Thomas Baldwin A MATERIALIST THEORY OF THE MIND D. M. Armstrong
DESCRIPTIVE PSYCHOLOGY Franz Brentano Translated and edited by Benito Müller
London and New York
First published 1982 by Felix Meiner Verlag, Hamburg First published in English 1995 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-