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Could Philosophy be an Empirical Science? Brentano vs. Wittgenstein Cover

Could Philosophy be an Empirical Science? Brentano vs. Wittgenstein

By: Susan Gabriel  
Open Access
|Sep 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/phainomenon-2024-0008 | Journal eISSN: 2183-0142 | Journal ISSN: 0874-9493
Language: English
Page range: 5 - 23
Submitted on: Oct 20, 2024
Accepted on: Mar 6, 2025
Published on: Sep 9, 2025
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