
First published in English in 1966, The True and The Evident is a translation of Franz Brentano's posthumous Wahrheit und Evidenz, edited by Oscar Kraus. The book includes Brentano's influential lecture "On the Concept of Truth", read before the Vienna Philosophical Society, a variety of essays, drawn from the immense wealth of Brentano's unpublished material, and letters written by him to Marty, Kraus, Hillebrand, and Husserl. Brentano rejects the familiar versions of the "correspondence theory of truth" and proposes to define the true in terms of the evident.
This work investigates the nature of truth by challenging traditional correspondence theories and proposing a definition rooted in the concept of evidence. Franz Clemens Brentano, a foundational figure in 19th-century philosophy, utilizes his extensive unpublished manuscripts and correspondence to construct a rigorous epistemological framework. By examining the relationship between judgment and evidence, Brentano seeks to clarify how the mind apprehends truth through direct, self-evident experience.
What You Will Find
Experts recognize this text as a critical resource for understanding the development of Brentano's intentionality and his influence on the phenomenological movement. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose, which requires a strong background in classical epistemology to fully grasp the nuances of his arguments.
Page Count:
190
Publication Date:
2009-10-15
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis Group
ISBN-10:
0203858239
ISBN-13:
9780203858233
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