Tanasescu, I. (2010), Das Problem der Beschreibung in Franz Brentanos deskriptiver Psychologie. In: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai – Philosophia nr. 2 / 2010
Abstract
The paper analyses the method of Franz Brentano’s descriptive psychology and argues that this method can be considered as a preparatory form of Husserl’s phenomenological method. It analyses the following methodological stages: experiencing, noticing, fixing, inductive generalization and making deductive use. The paper asserts that noticing constitues the main methodical stage for Brentano, arguing that it represents a cognitive process which clarifies the particular components of a confused complex of consciousness by separating and differentiating its parts.
Keywords
Descriptive psychology, method, experiencing, noticing, inductive generalization