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Abstract :
[en] The primary aim of this book is to offer a clear and straightforward overview of Brentano’s groundbreaking contributions to a number of classical philosophical issues regarding the nature of philosophy, mind, self-awareness, meaning, knowledge, truth, being, free will, and value. Its secondary objective is to argue that Brentano’s position on these topics offers worth-considering alternatives to leading options which are debated in the present-day literature, such as naturalism vs. antinaturalism, representational vs. non-representational theories of the mind, fitting attitude theories of value vs. value realism, etc. Interestingly, some of those options are commonly seen as later developments of intuitions which first emerged in Brentano. Yet, whereas this view is not incorrect, it sometimes arises at the cost of some oversimplification. By systematically addressing the relation between leading options at hand in contemporary literature and the views actually held by Brentano, we intend to offer a novel assessment of Brentano’s unique legacy, its difficulties and its potential in renewing the way major philosophical issues are tackled today.
