Anton Marty

Anton Marty
Born18 October 1847
Schwyz, Switzerland
Died1 October 1914(1914-10-01) (aged 66)
Education
Alma materUniversity of Würzburg
University of Göttingen
ThesisKritik der Theorien über den Sprachursprung (Criticism of Theories About the Origin of Language) (1875)
Doctoral advisorHermann Lotze
Other advisorFranz Brentano
Philosophical work
Era20th-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchoolSchool of Brentano
InstitutionsFranz-Josephs-Universität Czernowitz
(1875–1880)
German Charles-Ferdinand University
(1880–1913)
Doctoral studentsAlfred Kastil
Main interestsPhilosophy of language, psychology, ontology
Notable ideasDescriptive semasiology
Inner linguistic form
Autosemantica vs. synsemantica
Presentational suggestives
Impersonals
Ecclesiastical career
ReligionChristianity
ChurchCatholic Church
Ordained1870
Laicized1872

Martin Anton Maurus Marty (Swiss Standard German: [ˈmarti]; 18 October 1847 – 1 October 1914) was a Swiss-born Austrian philosopher. He specialized in philosophy of language, philosophy of psychology, and ontology.