By “Brentanian inner consciousness” I mean the conception of inner consciousness developed by Franz Brentano. The aim of this paper is threefold: first, to present Brentano’s account of inner consciousness; second, to discuss this account in light of the mereology outlined by Brentano himself; and third, to decide whether this account incurs an infinite regress. In this regard, I distinguish two kinds of infinite regress: external infinite regress and internal infinite regress. I contend that the most plausible reading of Brentano’s account is the so-called fusion thesis, and I argue that internal infinite regress turns out to be inherent to Brentanian inner consciousness.

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布伦坦内在意识和无限回归问题

我所说的“布伦坦内在意识”是指弗朗茨·布伦塔诺提出的内在意识概念。本文的目的有三个：第一，呈现布伦塔诺对内在意识的描述；其次，根据布伦塔诺本人概述的原理来讨论这个说法；第三，决定这个帐户是否会导致无限倒退。对此，我区分了两种无限倒退：外部无限倒退和内部无限倒退。我认为对布伦塔诺的描述最合理的解读是所谓的融合论点，我认为内部无限倒退是布伦塔诺内在意识所固有的。