Franz Brentano
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Franz Brentano was a 19th-century Austrian philosopher and psychologist best known for reviving the concept of intentionality and profoundly influencing early phenomenology and analytic philosophy.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Franz Brentano canonical | 11 |
| Brentano | 2 |
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Target entity: Franz Brentano Context triple: [Martin Heidegger, influencedBy, Franz Brentano]
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Moritz Schlick
Moritz Schlick was a German philosopher best known as the founder and leading figure of the Vienna Circle, which helped establish logical positivism as a major movement in 20th-century analytic philosophy.
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Edmund Husserl
Edmund Husserl was a German philosopher and founder of phenomenology, whose rigorous analysis of consciousness and intentionality profoundly shaped 20th-century continental philosophy and logic.
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Wilhelm Dilthey
Wilhelm Dilthey was a German philosopher and historian known for founding modern hermeneutics and developing a comprehensive theory of the human sciences (Geisteswissenschaften).
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Gottlob Frege
Gottlob Frege was a German philosopher, logician, and mathematician whose work laid the foundations of modern logic and analytic philosophy.
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Oswald Külpe
Oswald Külpe was a German experimental psychologist and philosopher known for founding the Würzburg School and challenging Wilhelm Wundt’s views on the nature of thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Franz Brentano Target entity description: Franz Brentano was a 19th-century Austrian philosopher and psychologist best known for reviving the concept of intentionality and profoundly influencing early phenomenology and analytic philosophy.
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Moritz Schlick
Moritz Schlick was a German philosopher best known as the founder and leading figure of the Vienna Circle, which helped establish logical positivism as a major movement in 20th-century analytic philosophy.
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B.
Edmund Husserl
Edmund Husserl was a German philosopher and founder of phenomenology, whose rigorous analysis of consciousness and intentionality profoundly shaped 20th-century continental philosophy and logic.
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C.
Wilhelm Dilthey
Wilhelm Dilthey was a German philosopher and historian known for founding modern hermeneutics and developing a comprehensive theory of the human sciences (Geisteswissenschaften).
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D.
Gottlob Frege
Gottlob Frege was a German philosopher, logician, and mathematician whose work laid the foundations of modern logic and analytic philosophy.
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E.
Oswald Külpe
Oswald Külpe was a German experimental psychologist and philosopher known for founding the Würzburg School and challenging Wilhelm Wundt’s views on the nature of thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (66)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic priest
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human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ psychologist ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| academicDegree | doctorate in philosophy ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1838-01-16 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
German Confederation
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Prussia ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Prussia
Marienberg am Rhein ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Austro-Hungarian Empire
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surface form:
Austria-Hungary
Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form:
Austrian Empire
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| deathDate | 1917-03-17 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Switzerland
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Zurich ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Franz Jakob Clemens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| doctoralThesis | On the Several Senses of Being in Aristotle ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Humboldt University of Berlin
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surface form:
University of Berlin
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich ⓘ
surface form:
University of Munich
University of Münster NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Würzburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
University of Vienna
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University of Würzburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
19th-century philosophy
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early 20th-century philosophy ⓘ |
| familyName |
Franz Brentano
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Brentano
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| fieldOfWork |
ethics
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history of philosophy ⓘ logic ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ psychology ⓘ |
| givenName | Franz ⓘ |
| influenced |
Alexius Meinong
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Anton Marty ⓘ Carl Stumpf ⓘ Christian von Ehrenfels ⓘ Edmund Husserl ⓘ Kazimierz Twardowski ⓘ Roderick Chisholm ⓘ Sigmund Freud ⓘ early analytic philosophy ⓘ early phenomenology ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotle
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Scholasticism ⓘ
surface form:
Scholastic philosophy
St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
surface form:
Thomas Aquinas
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| languageSpoken | German ⓘ |
| movement |
Austrian philosophy
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Brentano school ⓘ phenomenology ⓘ |
| name | Franz Brentano self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
founding act psychology
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influencing early analytic philosophy ⓘ influencing the development of phenomenology ⓘ reviving the concept of intentionality ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
act psychology
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intentionality as the mark of the mental ⓘ reism ⓘ |
| notableWork |
On the Several Senses of Being in Aristotle
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Psychology from an Empirical Standpoint ⓘ The Origin of the Knowledge of Right and Wrong ⓘ |
| occupation |
Catholic priest
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philosopher ⓘ psychologist ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of philosophy ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholicism
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Referenced by (13)
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