Question
This idea was reintroduced into philosophy by Franz Brentano in his book Psychology from an Empirical Standpoint. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this ability of mental states to be “about” or “directed at” a state of affairs, such as thinking about a table or wishing a person would leave.
ANSWER: intentionality [reject “intentions”]
[10m] This student of Bretano and author of Logical Investigations incorporated the concept of intentionality into phenomenology, a school which he founded.
ANSWER: Edmund Husserl
[10e] Husserl attempted to incorporate Brentano’s ideas into his writings on the foundations of this field, where he attempted to psychologically approach concepts discussed by Leibniz and Euclid.
ANSWER: mathematics [accept geometry or calculus; accept Philosophy of Arithmetic]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Winter at UC Berkeley | 2024-11-16 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 33% | 67% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Clemson | 2024-11-16 | Y | 6 | 10.00 | 83% | 17% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern | 2024-11-16 | Y | 8 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State | 2024-11-16 | Y | 7 | 12.86 | 86% | 29% | 14% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Online | 2024-11-16 | Y | 7 | 14.29 | 100% | 43% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at UBC | 2024-11-16 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Winter at Oxford | 2024-11-16 | Y | 10 | 17.00 | 70% | 80% | 20% |
Data
| Cambridge A | Imperial A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Cambridge B | Bristol A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| LSE A | Cambridge C | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Durham A | Cam D | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Bristol B | Edinburgh | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Imperial B | Oxford B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oxford A | Manchester | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Southampton A | Birmingham | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Vanderbilt | LSE B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Southampton B | Warwick A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |