The Theory of Categories

This book contains the definitive statement of Franz Brentano's views on meta­ physics. It is made up of essays which were dictated by Brentano during the last ten years of his life, between 1907 and 1917. These dictations were assembled and edited by Alfred Kastil and first published by the Fe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brentano, F.C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1981, 1981
Edition:1st ed. 1981
Series:Nijhoff International Philosophy Series
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • to the Theory of Categories
  • One The Strict and the Extended Senses of Being
  • I. The Ambiguity of “IS” and the Unity of the Concept of Being
  • II. Real and Fictive Parts of Being
  • III. Being and Intensity
  • Two Preliminary Studies for the Theory of Categories
  • I. Aristotle’s Theory of Categories: Interpretation and Critique
  • II. Substance
  • III. Relations
  • Three The Final Three Drafts of the Theory of Categories
  • I. The First Draft of the Theory of Categories
  • II. The Second Draft of the Theory of Categories
  • III. The Third Draft of the Theory of Categories
  • IV. Appendix: The Nature of the Physical World in the Light of the Theory of Categories
  • Editorial notes by Alfred Kastil
  • Index to Brentano’s text