Brentano’s Aristotle thesis diverted Heidegger toward Being while other Brentano work turned Husserl inward

Evidence

Oddly, Heidegger was first inspired to set off down this route by reading Franz Brentano — not Brentano’s paragraph on intentionality, but his doctoral thesis, which concerned different meanings of the word ‘being’ in the works of Aristotle. The philosopher who led Heidegger to notice being was the same who led Husserl to intentionality, and thus to the inward turn. — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 175

Categorization

• XREF: A nice irony connecting the two great rival strands Brentano spawned — useful for synthesizing how existentialism and phenomenology diverge from one root. — connects to: Husserl founded phenomenology after Brentano converted him from mathematics to philosophy — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 128; Heidegger’s turn to philosophy was triggered by reading Husserl and Aristotle — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 183; Both Heidegger and Husserl traced their starting points to the same teacher, Brentano — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 175 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Both Heidegger and Husserl traced their starting points to the same teacher, Brentano #expands (0.80) — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 175
• Brentano’s Vienna teaching style shaped Husserl’s philosophical direction. #expands (0.80) — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 129
• Heidegger’s turn to philosophy was triggered by reading Husserl and Aristotle #complicates (0.75) — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café, 183