Austrian Philosophy: The Legacy of Franz Brentano

Barry Smith

"This truly outstanding work is required reading for those who wish to come to grips with the Brentano school's enormous influence on twentieth-century philosophy. Knowledgeable and at the same time acutely insightful, Barry Smith provides us with challenging analysis, not only of Franz Brantano himself, but also of those thinkers most closely associated with his school, especially Marty, Meinong, Witasek, Twardowski, Kotarbinski, Ehrenfels, Husserl, and Menger. For reasons which can only be fully appreciated after reading Smith's book itself, Austrian Philosphy is vital for an understanding of the present situation in philosophy." —Roderick M. Chisholm