DAS PROBLEM DER BESCHREIBUNG IN FRANZ BRENTANOS DESKRIPTIVER PSYCHOLOGIE
THE QUESTION OF DESCRIPTION IN FRANZ BRENTANO’S DESCRIPTIVE PSYCHOLOGY

Summary/Abstract: The Question of Description in Franz Brentano’s Descriptive Psychology. The paper analyses the method of Franz Brentano’s descriptive psychology and argues that this method can be considered as a preparatory form of Husserl’s phenomenological method. It analyses the following methodological stages: experiencing, noticing, fixing, inductive generalization and making deductive use. The paper asserts that noticing constitues the main methodical stage for Brentano, arguing that it represents a cognitive process which clarifies the particular components of a confused complex of consciousness by separating and differentiating its parts.

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