Brentano Research Team (BReT)

The Brentano Research Team is a small group of researchers who are interested in the philosophical legacy of the German-Austrian philosopher Franz Brentano (1838-1917) from both historical and contemporary perspectives. BReT is a component of Creph - Centre de recherches phénoménologiques.

Upcoming events

Past events

• Brentano Lectures 2017 (G. Soldati). September 25-26, 2017. Info
• Pourquoi lire Brentano aujourd’hui? Workshop, October 11-12, 2017, Archives Husserl de Paris.
• Master course on the Psychology from an Empirical Standpoint, ULiège, Winter semester. Info
• Brentano reading seminar. Informal discussions on Brentano’s texts. Next sessions: January 19 and 26, 2016. 2:00-3:30 pm.
• Brentano Lectures 2016: E. Chudnoff (Miami). May 9-11, 2016. Info
• Psychological Themes in the School of Alexius Meinong (1). Conference. May 26-27, 2016. Info
• Brentano Lectures 2015: M. Textor. Info
• Décrire et expliquer les sensations. Psychologie descriptive et expérimentale à la fin du 19e siècle. International conference. University of Liège/University of Paris-1. April/June 2015
• Mental Acts. Research Seminar 2014-15.
• La Psychologie descriptive. Méthode, langage, métaphysique. June 18, 2014. Info
• Brentano Lectures 2014 (U. Kriegel). May 8-9, 2014
• L’intentionalisme en question. International conference. March 6-7 2014. Info
• De Vienne à Graz. Intentionnalité et objet de Brentano à Meinong. International conference. March 26, 2013. Info
• Sensations et contenus phénoménaux. January 22-23, 2013. Info
• The Phenomenal Content of Perception. International conference. February 12-13 2015. Info
• Special issue of Philosophie, 124 (Paris, Minuit): Les phénomènes. Co-edited by A. Dewalque and D. Seron. January, 2015.
• Phenomenology of Thinking Past and Present. Research project 2015-17 (16.000 €)
• Renaissance of Philosophy at the Turn of the 20th Century: The School of Franz Brentano (1866-1955). Research project 2012-14 (montant: 94.000 €).

Ongoing Projects

• French translations: "Meine letzte Wünsche für Österreich" (1895) and "Über ein optisches Paradoxon" by A. Dewalque; "Über die Zukunft der Philosophie" and "Herr Horwicz als Recensent" by D. Seron. To appear in a bundle of short texts by Brentano edited by D. Fisette and G. Fréchette: F. Brentano, Essais et conférences, 2 vol., Paris, Vrin, sous presse.

Resources

Brentano School Sources. This portal collects published materials by Franz Brentano and some members of his school (1866-1955). Its main goal is to identify original out-of-print editions of the texts and make them available for scholars in the field. - Funding project 2012-14: "Renaissance of Philosophy at the Turn of the 20th Century: The School of Franz Brentano (1866-1955)".

ULiège Team

Scientific Collaborators

Federico Boccaccini (professor, Universidade de Brasília)
Denis Fisette (professor, Université du Québec à Montréal)
Guillaume Fréchette (postdoctoral researcher, University of Salzburg)
Charlotte Gauvry (assistant, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn)
Maria Gyemant (scientific collaborator, Archives Husserl de Paris)
Wolfgang Huemer (associate professor, Università di Parma)
Uriah Kriegel (professor, Rice University, Houston)
Ricardo Martinelli (associate professor, Università degli Studi di Trieste)
Venanzio Raspa (assistant professor, Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo)
Hamid Taïeb (postdoctoral researcher, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Weiqin Xu (professor, Guizhou University, China)
Aurélien Zincq