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Franz Brentano and His Competing World Views. A Philosopher’s Choice between Science and Religion

Publication date: 30.12.2014

Studia Religiologica, 2014, Volume 47, Issue 4, pp. 285 - 294

https://doi.org/10.4467/20844077SR.14.021.3122

Authors

Sonia Kamińska
Institute of Philosophy, University of Szczecin, ul. Krakowska 71-79 71-004 Szczecin, Poland
Institute for the Study of Religions, Jagiellonian University, Grodzka 52 31-044 Kraków
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Franz Brentano and His Competing World Views. A Philosopher’s Choice between Science and Religion

Abstract

There are two types of philosophy of mind in Brentano: (A) Aristotelian, and (B) genuinely Brentanian. The former (A) is to be found in the Aristotelica series; and by (B) I understand the content of Psychology from an Empirical Standpoint.  The manuscripts for its unwritten parts and Brentano’s lectures on God and immortality of the soul surprisingly fall into A . These lines of thought are so different that it can be astonishing that they were authored by one person. In my paper I will try to show the roots of this dichotomy as well as to check whether there is a conflict between these theories, and, if so, whether they can be reconciled. These are not only two different philosophical theories, but at least one of them is a manifestation of a world view, and a key to it can be found in Brentano’s biography.

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Information: Studia Religiologica, 2014, Volume 47, Issue 4, pp. 285 - 294

Article type: Original article

Titles:

Polish:

Franz Brentano and His Competing World Views. A Philosopher’s Choice between Science and Religion

English:

Franz Brentano and His Competing World Views. A Philosopher’s Choice between Science and Religion

Authors

Institute of Philosophy, University of Szczecin, ul. Krakowska 71-79 71-004 Szczecin, Poland

Institute for the Study of Religions, Jagiellonian University, Grodzka 52 31-044 Kraków

Published at: 30.12.2014

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