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Play as an intrinsic practice and a fundamental potential of intentionality. The point of play is to have fun.
The forth basic concept of The Person Concept's Individual Person, Behavior as Intentional Action, Language, and World or Reality.
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
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
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
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
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
Notes for a Workshop on Phenomenological Research Method presented at the 35th Annual International Human Science Research Conference - Ottawa, Canada July 3, 2016.
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
Vol. 13 of the Brentano Studien
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Tarhan, D. (Hrsg.) Schriften zur Phänomenologie Edmund Husserls. London: Transnational Press.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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