Arnaud Dewalque - Philosophy of Language in the Brentano School: Reassessing the Brentanian Legacy

Series Editor: Michael Beaney, Professor fr Geschichte der analytischen Philosophie, Institut fr Philosophie, Humboldt-Universitt zu Berlin, Germany, and Regius Professor of Logic, School of Divinity, History and Philosophy, University of Aberdeen, Scotland.Series editor: Michael Beaney, Professor fr Geschichte der analytischen Philosophie, Institut fr Philosophie, Humboldt-Universitt zu Berlin, Germany, and Regius Professor of Logic, School of Divinity, History and Philosophy, University of Aberdeen, Scotland.

Editorial BoardEditorial board members: Claudio de Almeida, Pontifical Catholic University at Porto Alegre, Brazil Maria Baghramian, University College Dublin, Ireland Thomas Baldwin, University of York, England

Stewart Candlish, University of Western Australia Chen Bo, Peking University, China Jonathan Dancy, University of Reading, England Jos Ferreirs, University of Seville, Spain Michael Friedman, Stanford University, USA Gottfried Gabriel, University of Jena, Germany Juliet Floyd, Boston University, USA Hanjo Glock, University of Zurich, Switzerland Nicholas Griffin, McMaster University, Canada Leila Haaparanta, University of Tampere, Finland Peter Hylton, University of Illinois, USA . Jiang Yi, Beijing Normal University, China Javier Legris, National Academy of Sciences of Buenos Aires, Argentina Cheryl Misak, University of Toronto, Canada Nenad Miscevic, University of Maribor, Slovenia, and Central European University, Budapest Volker Peckhaus, University of Paderborn, Germany Eva Picardi, University of Bologna, Italy Erich Reck, University of California at Riverside, USA Peter Simons, Trinity College, Dublin Thomas Uebel, University of Manchester, England.

Thomas Baldwin, University of York, England

Stewart Candlish, University of Western Australia

Chen Bo, Peking University, China

Jonathan Dancy, University of Reading, England

Jos Ferreirs, University of Seville, Spain

Michael Friedman, Stanford University, USA

Gottfried Gabriel, University of Jena, Germany

Juliet Floyd, Boston University, USA

Hanjo Glock, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Nicholas Griffin, McMaster University, Canada

Leila Haaparanta, University of Tampere, Finland

Peter Hylton, University of Illinois, USA

Jiang Yi, Beijing Normal University, China

Javier Legris, National Academy of Sciences of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Cheryl Misak, University of Toronto, Canada

Nenad Miscevic, University of Maribor, Slovenia, and Central European University, Budapest

Volker Peckhaus, University of Paderborn, Germany

Eva Picardi, University of Bologna, Italy

Erich Reck, University of California at Riverside, USA

Peter Simons, Trinity College, Dublin

Thomas Uebel, University of Manchester, England

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During the first half of the twentieth century, analytic philosophy gradually established itself as the dominant tradition in the English-speaking world, and over the last few decades, it has taken firm root in many other parts of the world. There has been increasing debate over just what analytic philosophy means, as the movement has ramified into the complex tradition that we know today, but the influence of the concerns, ideas and methods of early analytic philosophy on contemporary thought is indisputable. All this has led to greater self-consciousness among analytic philosophers about the nature and origins of their tradition, and scholarly interest in its historical development and philosophical foundations has blossomed in recent years, with the result that history of analytic philosophy is now recognized as a major field of philosophy in its own right.

The main aim of the series in which the present book appears, the first series of its kind, is to create a venue for work on the history of analytic philosophy, consolidating the area as a major field of philosophy and promoting further research and debate. The history of analytic philosophy is understood broadly, as covering the period from the last three decades of the nineteenth century to the start of the twenty-first century, beginning with the work of Frege, Russell, Moore, and Wittgenstein, who are generally regarded as its main founders, and the influences upon them, and going right up to the most recent developments. In allowing the history to extend to the present, the aim is to encourage engagement with contemporary debates in philosophy, for example, in showing how the concerns of early analytic philosophy relate to current concerns. In focusing on analytic philosophy, the aim is not to exclude comparisons with otherearlier or contemporarytraditions, or consideration of figures or themes that some might regard as marginal to the analytic tradition but which also throw light on analytic philosophy. Indeed, a further aim of the series is to deepen our understanding of the broader context in which analytic philosophy developed, by looking, for example, at the roots of analytic philosophy in neo-Kantianism or British idealism, or the connections between analytic philosophy and phenomenology, or discussing the work of philosophers who were important in the development of analytic philosophy but who are now often forgotten.