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- As this passage shows, ‘intentionality’ expresses the aboutness of the act, not refer-ence. Indeed, for Brentano, that toward which the act is directed is something exist-ing in the mind, an ‘immanent’ object. Every mental act has a relation to such an internal object, also called ‘content’.
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May 28, 2006 · Brentano argues that all psychological phenomena and only psychological phenomena are intentional. He holds that to believe is to believe something; it is for a belief state, a particular kind of mental act, to intend or be about whatever is believed.
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Sep 22, 2003 · Self-directed intentionality raises a number of questions, in particular whether Aristotle is committed to it being a part of every mental act – as he seems to claim at Nicomachean Ethics IX 9, 1170a29–b1, which Brentano 1874 [1995], Book II, chs 2–4 takes up and champions – and whether he thinks it is possible to be in error about the ...
Jun 22, 2002 · But clearly his conception of intentionality, and arguably that of the whole phenomenological tradition he influenced, is dominated by the first strand of thought mentioned in Section 2—intentionality as directedness towards or reference to an object—and whatever difficulties that brings in train.
Dec 4, 2002 · Franz Clemens Brentano (1838–1917) is mainly known for his work in philosophy of psychology, especially for having introduced the notion of intentionality to contemporary philosophy.
The notion of intentionality is what Brentano is best known for. But disagreements and misunderstandings still surround both the phenomenon he had in mind and the account of it he proposed, that is, both his explanandum and his explanation. In this chapter, I argue for two main claims.
Brentano on intentionality. Brentano’s account of what he called intentionale Inexistenz — what we now call intentionality — is without question one of the most important parts of his philosophy, and one of the most influential ideas in late 19th-century philosophy.
Aug 20, 2021 · In the second book of his Psychology from an Empirical Standpoint, in his search for distinctive marks of mental phenomena that could distinguish them from physical ones, Brentano brings into play both intentionality and accessibility to inner perception.
