The School of Brentano was a group of
philosophers and
psychologists who studied with
Franz Brentano and were essentially influenced by him. While it was never a school in the traditional sense, Brentano tried to maintain some cohesion in the school. However, two of his most famous students,
Alexius Meinong and
Edmund Husserl, ultimately moved radically beyond his theories.
Notable members
Among the School of Brentano are counted several founders of new schools and movements (place and period they studied with Brentano):
Anton Marty (
Würzburg, 1866–1870), developed a detailed theory of language with his disciple
Karl Bühler, which influenced Reinach (who developed a theory of speech acts long before
John Austin), whose lectures were attended by
Franz Kafka[1]
Through the works and teachings of his pupils the philosophy of Franz Brentano has been spread far and wide and indirectly influenced many if not most of the debates in
contemporary philosophy, cognitive science and philosophy of mind.
^Neil Heims (2004). Franz Kafka. Philadelphia: Chelsea House. p. 28.
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Bibliography
The School of Franz Brentano (ed. L. Albertazzi, M. Libardi & R. Poli), Kluwer, Dordrecht 1996.
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The Cambridge Companion to Brentano (ed. D. Jacquette), Cambridge University Press 2004.
ISBN0-521-00765-8
Rollinger, Robin D., Husserl's Position in the School of Brentano Kluwer, Dordrecht 1999.
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Rollinger, Robin D., Austrian Phenomenology: Brentano, Meinong, Husserl, and Others on Mind and Object, Ontos-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2008.
ISBN978-3-86838-005-7.