The Origin of Our Knowledge of Right and Wrong - Paperback

by Franz Brentano (Author)

Moving deftly through key figures in the history of philosophy, including Descartes and Mill, The Origin of Our Knowledge of Right and Wrong is a pioneering work of ethics that continues to influence both analytical and phenomenological traditions in philosophy.

Author Biography

Franz Brentano (1838-1917) was a pivotal figure in the development of twentieth-century philosophy and the advent of psychology as an academic discipline. His work influenced philosophers as diverse as Edmund Husserl, the founder of phenomenology and the philosopher and logician Gottlob Frege.