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| Born | 18 October 1847 Schwyz, Switzerland |
| Died | 1 October 1914 (aged 66) Prague, Austria-Hungary |
| Era | 20th century philosophy |
| Region | Western Philosophy |
| School | School of Brentano |
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Main interests
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Philosophy of language, psychology, ontology |
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Notable ideas
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Descriptive semasiology |
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Influences
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Martin Anton Maurus Marty (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.
Marty was a student and follower of Franz Brentano, who was his teacher at the University of Würzburg. He taught at the Franz-Josephs-Universität Czernowitz (Austria-Hungary) from 1875 to 1880 and after that at the Charles University in Prague (Austria-Hungary) where from 1895 to 1897 he was twice rector.
The Prague School linguists were influenced by his works.Franz Kafka attended his Philosophy lectures while at University.