Concept and Judgment in Brentano's Logic Lectures is concerned with a crucial aspect of Brentano's philosophy as it was developed in his logic lectures from c. 1870 to c. 1885. The first part of the volume is an analysis of his theory of concept and judgment. The second part consists of materials, including a German edition and English translation of notes that a student took from a lecture course that Brentano gave. A short book by this student on Brentano is also translated in the materials.
The access to Brentano's philosophy is enhanced by this volume not only with regard to his logic as a theory of deductive inference, but also to his descriptive psychology, metaphysics, and philosophy of language.
Robin D. Rollinger is employed as a research fellow at the Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences. He has published numerous studies in phenomenology and has edited two volumes of writings by Edmund Husserl.
Preface
Analysis
Introduction
1 The Neo-Scholastic Background
â1âThe Tasks of Logic
â2âConcept
â3âJudgment
â4âSyllogism
â5âConcluding Remarks
2 Definition and Value of Logic
â1âThe Relevant Manuscripts
â2âLogic as the Art of Judging
â3âLogic, Psychology, and Philosophy
â4âThe Value of Logic
â5âPsychologism
â6âLanguage
â7âDialectic
â8âConcluding Remarks
3 Concept
â1âPresentations and Names
â2âDistinctions among Concepts
â3âDistinctions among Modes of Presentation
â4âDistinctions among Names
â5âRelations among Presentations
â6âDefinitions
â7âConcluding Remarks
4 Judgment
â1âCritique of Kantâs Table
â2âComplexity and Simplicity
â3âForm
â4âForm and Matter
â5âIntensity
â6âMotive
â7âModality
â8âStatements
â9âRelations between Judgments
â10âEvidence
â11âSyllogism
â12âConcluding Remarks
Materials
Preparatory Note to Materials
5 Franz Hillebrand, Die elementare Logik und die in ihr nötigen Reformen nach den Vorlesungen des Dr. Franz Brentanos (Wintersemester 1884/85, Wien)
6 Franz Hillebrand, Elementary Logic and the Reforms Necessary in It according to the Lectures of Dr. Franz Brentano (Winter Semester 1884/85, Vienna)
7 Franz Hillebrand, The New Theories of Categorical Inferences (1891)
Bibliography Index
Concept and Judgment in Brentano's Logic Lectures will be of great interest to anyone interested in Brentano's philosophy and logic in the 19th century, but also to those concerned with the history of phenomenology.