The History of Intentionality: Theories of Consciousness from Brentano to Husserl. By Ryan Hickerson

Abstract

Introduction -- What was Brentano's problem? Physical phenomena in Psychology from Empirical Standpoints -- Getting the quasi -- picture : Twardowski's On the Content and Object of Representations -- Not getting the quasi -- picture : Husserl's critique of Twardowski -- Phenomenology without phenomena : Husserl's break with Brentano -- Husserl's riddle and the 'real' contents of consciousness : a Jamesian reading of Logical Investigations V -- Conclusion -- Appendix : the text and reception of the Logical Investigations.