Franz Brentano

The Reverend

Franz Brentano
The Reverend; Franz Brentano
	Franz Brentano in 1890
Born	Franz Clemens Honoratus Hermann Josef Brentano; 16 January 1838; Marienberg am Rhein,; Rhineland, Prussia, German Confederation
Died	17 March 1917 (aged 79); Zürich, Switzerland
Education	University of Munich; University of Berlin; University of Münster; University of Tübingen; (PhD, 1862); University of Würzburg; (Dr. phil. hab., 1866)
Spouses	Ida Lieben; (m. 1880–1894; her death); Emilie Rueprecht; (m. 1897–1917; his death);
Era	19th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	School of Brentano; Aristotelianism; Intentionalism ("act psychology"); Empirical psychology; Austrian phenomenology; Austrian realism
Institutions	University of Würzburg; (1866–1873); University of Vienna; (1873–1895)
Theses	Von der mannigfachen Bedeutung des Seienden nach Aristoteles (On the Several Senses of Being in Aristotle) (1862); Die Psychologie des Aristoteles, insbesondere seine Lehre vom Nous Poietikos (The Psychology of Aristotle, in Particular His Doctrine of the Active Intellect) (1867);
Doctoral advisor	Franz Jakob Clemens; (PhD thesis advisor)
Other academic advisors	Adolf Trendelenburg
Notable students	Edmund Husserl, Sigmund Freud, Tomáš Masaryk, Rudolf Steiner, Alexius Meinong, Carl Stumpf, Anton Marty, Kazimierz Twardowski, Christian von Ehrenfels
Main interests	Ontology; Psychology
Notable ideas	Intentionality; Intentional object; Distinction between genetic and empirical/descriptive psychology; Distinction between sensory and noetic consciousness (presentations of sensory objects or intuitions versus thinking of concepts); Judgement–Predication distinction; Time-consciousness;
Ecclesiastical career
Religion	Christianity
Church	Catholic Church
Ordained	6 August 1864
Laicized	1873

Franz Clemens Honoratus Hermann Josef Brentano (/brɛnˈtɑːnoʊ/; 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.

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