Brentano’s Case for Optimism

Name: Brentano’s Case for Optimism
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RIVISTA DI FILOSOFIA NEO-SCOLASTICA

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RIVISTA DI FILOSOFIA NEO-SCOLASTICA - 2019 - 4. Franz Brentano The Origin and Originality of his Thought and School

Titolo

Brentano’s Case for Optimism

Autore

Arnauld Dewalque

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Vita e Pensiero

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02-2020

Doi

10.26350/001050_000146

Issn

0035-6247 (stampa) | 1827-7926 (digitale)

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Call metaphysical optimism the view that this world is the best of all possible worlds. This article addresses Franz Brentano’s case for metaphysical optimism. I argue that, although Brentano does not offer any conclusive argument in favour of the latter, he disentangles many related issues which are interesting in their own right. The article has five sections corresponding to five claims, which I argue are central to Brentano’s view, namely: (§1) metaphysical optimism is best spelled out as the view that this world is the only good among all possible worlds; (§2) the notion of «correct» – or «fitting» – love offers a criterion of the good and the test of inverted love offers a means to identify that which is good; (§3) pessimism has to be distinguished from pejorism, viz. the view that the non-existence of this world is preferable to its existence; (§4) there is something good involved in every «bad» thing, to the effect that pejorism is false; (§5) it is wrong to consider the value of something in isolation.