On the Reasons for a Loss of Confidence in the Area of Philosophy

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Table of Contents V
3. List of Abbreviations IX
4. Introduction 1
5. Comte, Mill, and Brentano on the Intellectual Status of Philosophy and Its Relationship to History 9
6. Comte on Psychology: The Criticism of “Inner Observation” and the Constitution of the “Systematic View of the Soul” 31
7. Franz Brentano and Auguste Comte: The Theory of Stages and the Psychology 45
8. Comte and Brentano: Elements for a Theory of Decline 139
9. Can We Have Scientific Knowledge About God? Brentano on Comte’s Metaphysical Skepticism 165
10. Intentionality and the Classification of Phenomena and Sciences in Comte’s Cours de Philosophie Positive and in Brentano’s Empirical Psychology 185
11. Brentano’s View about Natural Science and Methodological Phenomenalism. A Comparison with John Stuart Mill’s Approach 223
12. The Reception of Positivism in Whewell, Mill and Brentano 245
13. Franz Brentano’s Multifaceted View of Induction in Empirical and Genetic Psychology 265
14. Hume’s “Bundle of Perceptions” and the “Problem of the I” in Brentano’s Psychology from an Empirical Standpoint 279
15. Brentano’s Mathematical Foundation of Science 309
16. Franz Brentano on the Errors of Mach’s Positivism: Psychology, Metaphysics, Logic 331
17. On the Brentanian Legacy in Twardowski’s Views on Psychology 351
18. Descriptive and Intentional Contents. Considerations on Husserl’s Logical Investigations from Brentano’s Empirical Point of View 371
19. Brentano’s Four Phases and the Rise of Scientific Philosophy in the Light of His Relation to His Students 401
20. Brentano in Exile: The Brentano Institute at Oxford 415
21. Appendix: The Idea of Philosophy as Science in Brentano
22. Habilitation Theses 1866 433
23. Auguste Comte and Positive Philosophy 1869 437
24. Introduction to the Concept of the History of Philosophy 457
25. On the Law of Historical Development 475
26. Philosophy of the History of Philosophy 485
27. On the Reasons for a Loss of Confidence in the Area of Philosophy 489
28. On Schelling’s Philosophy 501
29. On the Future of Philosophy 523
30. My Parting Wishes for Austria 1894 571
31. Index 591