Franz Brentano has introduced substantial innovations to philosophy and phsychological resarch that had a strong impact on a large number of students, many of who became important philosophers in their own right. With his descriptive approach to consciousness and his introduction of the notion of intentionality he has substantially contributed to the emergence of the phenomenological movement; while his clear and rigorous argumentation and his focus on logic have shaped the origins of the analytic tradition.

My interest in Brentano and his school goes back to the times of my MA-thesis and has accompanied me since then. Next to a general presentation of his thought for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy I have authored various contributions that focus on more specific aspects of his thought (such as his theory of time-consciousness, his view on science or aesthetics) and others that try to shed light at the dynamics of his school.

Aspects of Brentano’s philosophy

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Franz Brentano
in: The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, ed. by E. N. Zalta, 2002 (With substantial updates in 2006, 2010, 2014, 2019).

Is Brentano’s Method a Unifying Element of the Brentano School?
in: Rivista di Filosofia Neo-Scholastica 111/4 (2019), pp. 297–310.

“Vera philosophiae methodus nulla alia nisi scientiae naturalis est” Brentano’s conception of philosophy as rigorous science
in: Brentano Studien 16/1 (2018), pp. 53–72.

Brentano on Beauty and Aesthetics
in: Routledge Companion to Brentano and the Brentano School ed. by Uriah Kriegel. London: Routledge, 2017, pp. 202-209.

Die Entwicklung von Brentanos Theorie des Zeitbewusstseins
in: Brentano Studien 10 (2002/03), pp. 193-220.

The Brentano-Sellars Puzzle
in: Rationality and Irrationality, ed. by B. Brogaard, Kirchberg: Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society, 2000, pp. 208-13.

Brentano and the Brentano-School

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Is Brentano’s Method a Unifying Element of the Brentano School?
to appear in: Rivista di Filosofia Neo-Scholastica 111/4 (2019)

Experiencing Art
Austrian Aesthetics Between Psychology and Psychologism
in: Values and Ontology: Phenomenological Perspectives, ed. by: Beatrice Centi and Wolfgang Huemer, Frankfurt: ontos, 2009, pp. 267-88.

Husserl’s Critique of Psychologism and his Relation to the Brentano School
in: Phenomenology and Analysis. Essays on Central European Philosophy, ed. by A. Chrudzimski and W. Huemer, Frankfurt: ontos, 2004, pp. 199-214.

Angoscia e sorriso. Il paradosso della tragedia. Una sfida per l’estetica fenomenologica?
in: Cristianesimo, Teologia, Filosofia. Studi in onore di Alberto Siclari, ed. by F. Rossi, Milano: FrancoAngeli, 2010, pp. 197–204

[BOOK] Values and Ontology
Problems and Perspectives
ed. with Beatrice Centi, Frankfurt/M.: ontos, 2009.

[Book] Phenomenology and Analysis: Essays on Central-European Philosophy
ed. with Arkadiusz Chrudzimski. Frankfurt/M.: ontos, 2004.

[BOOK] Writing the Austrian Traditions
Relations between Philosophy and Literature [OPEN ACCESS]
ed. with Marc-Oliver Schuster, Edmonton: Wirth Institute for Austrian and Central European Studies, 2003.