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Play as an intrinsic practice and a fundamental potential of intentionality. The point of play is to have fun.
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      Animal BehaviorIntentionalityPlay TheoryDescriptive psychology
The forth basic concept of The Person Concept's Individual Person,  Behavior as Intentional Action, Language, and World or Reality.
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      GeographyAnalytic PhilosophyPragmaticsSocial Constructionism/ Constructivism
This paper articulates a thesis regarding why psychology has thus far been unable to arrive at a single, widely accepted, theoretical framework, and thus remains in a highly fragmented state. This thesis concerns psychology’s widely... more
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      Philosophy of SciencePhilosophy of Social ScienceDescriptive psychology
Dass die deskriptive Psychologie zu den Entwicklungen aus Brentanos Wiener Periode gehört, ist eine weitverbreitete Meinung in der Rezeption des Aschaf- fenburger Philosophen. Mein Anliegen im folgenden Aufsatz ist es, diese An- sicht... more
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      PhenomenologyFranz BrentanoSchool of BrentanoDescriptive psychology
Psychognosy (Psychognosie) was the original title of the manuscript of the lectures presented by Franz Brentano in Vienna University in 1890. This manuscript is part of the work entitled Descriptive Psychology (Deskriptive Psychologie).... more
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      Franz BrentanoIntentionalityRoderick ChisholmDescriptive psychology
Phenomenology, Humanities and Sciences | Vol. 2 - 2 - 2021 | 308-309 Este pequeno ensaio foi ditado pelo Barão Ehrenfels, poucas semanas antes de sua morte, à sua esposa, quando lhe foi pedido que apresentasse nas palavras mais simples... more
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      Franz BrentanoGestalt PsychologySchool of BrentanoHistory Of Psychology
April 20, 2022
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      PhenomenologyFranz BrentanoEdmund HusserlKazimierz Twardowski
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      MetaphysicsPhenomenologyIntentionalityPhilosophy of Logic
The purpose of this chapter is to provide an accessible introduction to Descriptive Psychology (“DP”). The chapter includes, in order of presentation, (1) an orientation to the somewhat unorthodox nature of DP; (2) an explication of DP’s... more
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      Philosophy of ScienceDescriptive psychologyIntegration Theory
Notes for a Workshop on Phenomenological Research Method presented at the 35th Annual International Human Science Research Conference - Ottawa, Canada July 3, 2016.
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      Hermeneutics (Research Methodology)Phenomenological PsychologyPhenomenologyPhenomenological Research Methodology
A short list of issues: 1) Therapist insistence on rules rather than policies. (Rules are like laws. Policies are procedures to follow unless there is reason enough not to.) 2) Inadequate assessment of a) what the couple collectively and... more
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      Psychotherapy and CounselingMarriage & Family TherapyPsychodynamic PsychotherapyDescriptive psychology
Vol. 13 of the Brentano Studien
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      Philosophy of MindAristotlePhenomenologyFranz Brentano
I analyse Brentano’s argumentative strategy from his lectures in the Deskriptive Psychologie and how he introduces and reframes his fundamental psychological theses. His approach provides us with the reasons why psychology can be... more
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      Franz BrentanoMereologyDescriptive psychologyUnity of Consciousness
O curso tem por objetivo oferecer uma introdução às obras de Franz Brentano e Edmund Husserl, dois filósofos de grande relevância para o pensamento contemporâneo. Brentano foi o proponente de um novo método de investigação da consciência... more
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      PhenomenologyFranz BrentanoEdmund HusserlDescriptive psychology
Is phenomenology nothing else than descriptive psychology? In the first edition of his Logical Investigations (LI), Husserl conceived of phenomenology as a description and analysis of the experiences of knowledge, unequivocally stating... more
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      PhenomenologyFranz BrentanoEdmund HusserlSchool of Brentano
Although Wilhelm Dilthey and Franz Brentano apparently were pursuing roughly the same objective —to offer a description of our mental functions and of their relations to objects— and both called their respective research programs... more
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      PhenomenologyWilhelm DiltheyFranz BrentanoDescriptive psychology
The text analyses the psychological aspects of “phantasy presentation” in Brentano’s lecture Ausgewählte Fragen aus Psychologie und Ästhetik dated 1885/1886. It focuses primarily on two major aspects of Brentano’s work: (1) the... more
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      Descriptive psychologyPhantasy PresentationInauthentic PresentationPerceptual Presentations
Descriptive psychology had a tremendous influence on Brentano’s students and was soon to be identified by early 20th-century psychologists like Bühler as the most important contribution to psychology of the School of Brentano. In the... more
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      PhenomenologyFranz BrentanoEdmund HusserlSchool of Brentano
While there can be no doubt that philosophy and psychiatry are different fields of inquiry, there can also exist little doubt that there is a growing interest in philosophical issues in psychiatry.l How are these two fields related? How... more
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      PsychologyClinical PsychologyPsychiatryPhilosophical Psychology
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      NeurosciencePsychologyClinical PsychologySocial Psychology
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      EmpiricismFranz BrentanoA Priori KnowledgeAustrian Philosophy
Tarhan, D. (Hrsg.) Schriften zur Phänomenologie Edmund Husserls. London: Transnational Press.
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      EmpiricismPhenomenologyFranz BrentanoEdmund Husserl
Review article of: Themes From Brentano, Edited by Denis Fisette and Guillaume Fréchette, Studien zur Österreichischen Philosophie, Gegründet von Rudolf Haller Herausgegeben von Mauro Antonelli, Band XLIV, Amsterdam & New York: Rodopi,... more
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      PhenomenologyFranz BrentanoDescriptive psychologyDialectica
The article explores psychological motives in Leopold Blaustein’s philosophy. Blaustein was educated in Lvov, Freiburg im Breisgau and Berlin. In his original explorations, he attempted to connect a phenomenological perspective with... more
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      Phenomenological PsychologyPhenomenologyFranz BrentanoGestalt Psychology
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      EpistemologyPhilosophy Of MathematicsPhenomenologyIntentionality
Vortrag im Auftaktsworkshop 'Traditionslinie der Phänomenologie' der Tagung 'Die Phänomenologie und das Politische', veranstaltet durch die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Phänomenologische Forschung (Mi, 13. September 2017) Dieser Vortrag... more
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      PerceptionPhilosophy of PsychologyPhenomenologyFranz Brentano
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      Descriptive psychologyIncestTreatment of incest survivors
Ce deuxieme et dernier tome des Essais et conferences de Franz Brentano comporte dix-neuf textes qui, pour la plupart, paraissent pour la premiere fois en traduction francaise. Précédés d'une introduction sur les principes et la structure... more
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      OntologyAnalytic PhilosophyHistory of Analytic PhilosophyPhenomenology
This book presents the origins of Central and Eastern European phenomenology. It features chapters that explore the movement's development, its most important thinkers, and its theoretical and historical context. This collection examines... more
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      OntologyHermeneuticsPhenomenologyLvov-Warsaw School
Vortrag im Workshop des Husserl-Archivs Köln (Fr, 21. April 2017) Die 3. Logische Untersuchung ist eine der wichtigsten Untersuchungen, um die systematische Auseinandersetzung Husserls mit der Brentano Schule in Betracht zu ziehen.... more
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      EmpiricismPhenomenologyFranz BrentanoEdmund Husserl
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      DreamsLucid DreamingDescriptive psychologySleep and Dreaming
This paper presents a critique of cognitive psychology’s micro-process program, as well as suggestions for a more scientifically and pragmatically viable approach to cognition. The paper proceeds in the following sequence. First, the... more
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      Descriptive psychologyCognition, and alterntive account
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      Franz BrentanoAlexius MeinongDescriptive psychologyIntentional object
Vortrag im Philosophischen Seminar der Universität Göttingen (Do, 21. Dezember 2017) In diesem Vortrag behandle ich Husserls Kritik an Brentanos Lehre der inneren Wahrnehmung in der 1. Auflage der Logischen Untersuchungen. Den... more
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      PhenomenologyFranz BrentanoEdmund HusserlDescriptive psychology
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      PsychotherapyHumanistic-ExistentialRitual TheoryDescriptive psychology
O livro Psicologia e ética: o desenvolvimento da filosofia do psíquico de Franz Brentano é o resultado de uma minuciosa pesquisa de doutorado. Pioneira em língua portuguesa, essa pesquisa inaugurou os estudos sobre a ética da preferência,... more
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      EthicsMeta-EthicsMoral PsychologyFranz Brentano
This book presents the origins of Central and Eastern European phenomenology. It features chapters that explore the movement's development, its most important thinkers, and its theoretical and historical context. This collection examines... more
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      OntologyPhenomenological PsychologyPhenomenologyEdmund Husserl
The Logical Investigations, Edmund Husserl’s Hauptwek, marks the real ‘breakthrough’ to the descriptive, neutral, non-reductive science of phenomenology (the careful description of what appears to consciousness precisely in the manner of... more
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      PhenomenologyFranz BrentanoEdmund HusserlDescriptive psychology
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the concept of truth formulated by Franz Brentano in 1889. As a textual basis, I take Brentano's communication, presented to the philosophical community of Vienna in March 1889, entitled " On the... more
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      Franz BrentanoIntentionalityTheories Of TruthDescriptive psychology
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      Political TheoryPsychotherapy and CounselingDescriptive psychologyFreedom