PHILOSOPHER

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franz Brentano has received more than 562,964 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Franz Brentano is the 299th most popular philosopher (down from 250th in 2019), the 629th most popular biography from Germany (down from 514th in 2019) and the 41st 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 299 out of 1,267. Before him are Alain Badiou, Thomas Carlyle, Arnaldus de Villa Nova, Alexander of Aphrodisias, James Ussher, and Otto Weininger. After him are Fukuzawa Yukichi, Ramana Maharshi, Sebastian Brant, Houston Stewart Chamberlain, Abu Yusuf, and Henri Lefebvre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, Franz Brentano ranks 10. Before him are Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Max Bruch, Jan Matejko, Luís I of Portugal, Tobias Asser, and Ernest Solvay. After him are Émile Loubet, Léon Gambetta, Prince Philippe, Count of Paris, Yamagata Aritomo, Anton Mauve, and Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. Among people deceased in 1917, Franz Brentano ranks 16. Before him are Adolf von Baeyer, Edward Burnett Tylor, Emil Theodor Kocher, Buffalo Bill, John William Waterhouse, and Dragutin Dimitrijević. After him are Scott Joplin, Ludwig Minkus, Ranavalona III, Hussein Kamel of Egypt, Radomir Putnik, and Liliʻuokalani.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Franz Brentano ranks 629 out of 7,253. Before him are Fritz Strassmann (1902), Gustav Heinemann (1899), Otto Strasser (1897), August Weismann (1834), Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria (1839), and Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia (1892). After him are Heinrich Lübke (1894), Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1786), Gustav Ludwig Hertz (1887), Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Poland (1653), Wolfgang Paul (1913), and George Grosz (1893).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Germany

Among philosophers born in Germany, Franz Brentano ranks 41. Before him are Ernst Bloch (1885), Hugh of Saint Victor (1096), Hans Jonas (1903), Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi (1743), Bruno Bauer (1809), and Johann Reuchlin (1455). After him are Carl Gustav Hempel (1905), Rudolf Bultmann (1884), Rudolf Otto (1869), Moritz Schlick (1882), Moses Hess (1812), and Hermann Cohen (1842).

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