Philosophy from an Empirical Standpoint: Essays on Carl Stumpf: (46 Studien Zur Österreichischen Philosophie)

The purpose of this book is to highlight Carl Stumpf’s contributions to philosophy and to assess some of the aspects of his work. This book is divided into four sections, and also includes a general introduction on Stumpf’s philosophy. The first section examines the historical sources of his philosophy, the second examines some of the central themes of his work and the third examines his relationship to other philosophers. The fourth section consists of notes taken by Husserl during Stumpf’s lectures on metaphysics in Halle, Stumpf’s introduction to the edition of his correspondence with Brentano, which he prepared in 1929, and some important letters pertaining to this correspondence. This book also provides a comprehensive bibliography of the works of Stumpf.

About the Author :
Denis Fisette is professor in the department of Philosophy at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Two of his main research fields are the history of Austrian and German philosophy in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century and contemporary philosophy of mind. He has published extensively on the philosophy of Brentano and his successors, and namely on Carl Stumpf and Husserl’s phenomenology. Riccardo Martinelli, Ph. D. (1995) is Professor of History of Philosophy at the University of Trieste, Italy. He has published several essays on the School of Brentano and on Carl Stumpf, whose writings he also translated into italian.

Review :
"Considering the many issues addressed in the papers of the book and the important unpublished materials yield now accessible, the project edited by Denis Fisette and Riccardo Martinelli is an essential instrument of research in this field. ... In the wake of the book Carl Stumpf – From Philosophical Reflection to Interdisciplinary Scientific Investigation (Krammer 2011), this book represents a further and decisive step in recognising the significance of Stumpf in the philosophical-psychological thought of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century." Gemmo Iocco, in Philosophischer Literaturanzeiger 69 (issue 4), 2016. "Denis Fisette and Riccardo Martinelli have put together the most comprehensive, ambitious, and engaging collection of essays on the philosophy of Carl Stumpf (1848–1936) to date. The volume is impressive in both scope and depth. ... Philosophy from an Empirical Standpoint is a landmark publication. It will have a long-lasting impact on the history of early twentieth century European philosophy and its ramifications up to our present.” Andrea Staiti, in The Philosophical Quarterly "Bien plus qu’une hypothétique reconstruction synthétique de l’oeuvre de Stumpf, Philosophy from an Empirical Standpoint: Essays on Carl Stumpf offre au lecteur un approfondissement des thèmes centraux de sa philosophie qui permet de penser la place de cette figure emblématique dans la philosophie allemande du xxe siècle." Maxime Julien, in Philosophiques, 42, (issue 2), 2015. "The general picture that emerges from this successful volume is that Stumpf was indeed a philosopher, not “just” an experimental psychologist treating of “matter of facts” in acoustics. ... Thanks to Denis Fisette and Riccardo Martinelli’s precious book, Stumpf’s position in the “scientific classifications” (Einteilung der Wissenschaften) will be considered anew." Hamid Taieb, in Brentano Studien, Internationales Jahrbuch der Franz Brentano Forschung 14 (2016)