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Franz Brentano

1838 - 1917

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Franz Clemens Honoratus Hermann Josef Brentano (; German: [bʁɛnˈtaːno]; 16 January 1838 – 17 March 1917) was a German philosopher and psychologist. His 1874 Psychology from an Empirical Standpoint, considered his magnum opus, is credited with having reintroduced the medieval scholastic concept of intentionality into contemporary philosophy. Originally a Catholic priest, Brentano withdrew from the priesthood in 1873 due to the dogmatic definition of papal infallibility in Pastor aeternus. Working subsequently as a non-denominational professor, his teaching triggered research in a wide array of fields such as linguistics, logic, mathematics and experimental psychology through the young generation of philosophers who were gathered as the School of Brentano. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Franz Brentano is the 240th most popular philosopher (up from 299th in 2019), the 482nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 629th in 2019) and the 36th most popular German Philosopher.

Franz Brentano was a philosopher who is most famous for his work on the theory of intentionality.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Franz Brentano ranks 240 out of 1,267Before him are Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, Paul Feyerabend, Nikolai Berdyaev, Giorgio Agamben, Michael Psellos, and Prodicus. After him are Al-Jahiz, Gabriel Marcel, Milarepa, Josef Breuer, George Herbert Mead, and Pelagius.

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Among people born in 1838, Franz Brentano ranks 10Before him are Ernst Mach, Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Max Bruch, Tobias Asser, Jan Matejko, and Edward W. Morley. After him are Luís I of Portugal, Émile Loubet, Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, Ernest Solvay, Prince Philippe, Count of Paris, and Léon Gambetta. Among people deceased in 1917, Franz Brentano ranks 15Before him are Adolf von Baeyer, Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Emil von Behring, Emil Theodor Kocher, Edward Burnett Tylor, and Buffalo Bill. After him are Dragutin Dimitrijević, John William Waterhouse, Ludwig Minkus, Mackenzie Bowell, Scott Joplin, and Hussein Kamel of Egypt.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Franz Brentano ranks 482 out of 7,253Before him are Joachim Peiper (1915), Louis the Child (893), August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767), Johann Bayer (1572), Carl von Ossietzky (1889), and Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (1573). After him are Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner (1780), Gregor Strasser (1892), George, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg (1582), Roland Freisler (1893), Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium (1876), and Helmuth von Moltke the Younger (1848).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Franz Brentano ranks 36Before him are Carl Schmitt (1888), Max Horkheimer (1895), Rudolf Carnap (1891), Moses Mendelssohn (1729), Ernst Bloch (1885), and Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi (1743). After him are Adam Weishaupt (1748), Johann Reuchlin (1455), Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann (1842), Hans Jonas (1903), Rudolf Bultmann (1884), and Bruno Bauer (1809).