Lorenz Bruno Puntel
Lorenz B. Puntel | |
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Puntel in 2018 | |
| Born | Lorenz Bruno Puntel 22 September 1935 |
| Died | 16 July 2024 (aged 88) |
| Education | |
| Education | University of Munich (Ph.D., 1968) University of Innsbruck (Dr. Theol., 1969) |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 20th-/21st-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Continental philosophy (early) Analytic philosophy (later) Structural-systematic philosophy |
| Institutions | University of Munich |
| Main interests | Philosophy of science Philosophy of religion |
| Notable ideas | Structural-systematic philosophy Philosophical theory of everything |
Lorenz (Lorencino) Bruno Puntel (/ˈpʊntəl/; German: [ˈpʊntəl];[1] Brazilian Portuguese: [pũˈtɛw]; 22 September 1935 – 16 July 2024) was a Brazilian-born German philosopher who established the school of structural-systematic philosophy.[2][3] Professor emeritus at the University of Munich, Puntel was named as one of the great contemporary philosophers, articulating his ideas from the most varied traditions.[4][5][6][7]
Background
Puntel studied philosophy, theology, philology and psychology in Munich, Innsbruck, Vienna, Paris, and Rome. He earned a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Munich (1968) and in Catholic theology (1969) from the University of Innsbruck. He became a professor at the Institute of Philosophy at the University of Munich in 1975. He was a student of Karl Rahner and studied with Martin Heidegger, whose philosophy concerned him throughout his life.[8]
Puntel died in Augsburg, Bavaria on 16 July 2024, at the age of 88.[9]
Philosophical work
Puntel's thought tries to reconstruct the systematics of philosophy from a very unique viewpoint, which involves the elaboration of a theoretical language, abandoning the idea of a language of predicates. Puntel drew on sources ranging from G. W. Leibniz, German idealism, Heidegger's phenomenology, and even analytic philosophy.[10]
Awards
From 1983, Puntel was a visiting professor at Pittsburgh, Harvard and Princeton. Retired in 2001, in 2016, he received an honorary doctorate from the Munich School of Philosophy.[11]
He also received the Findlay Book Prize in 2011.[12]
Bibliography
- Analogy and Historicity: Philosophical-Historical-Critical Attempt at the Basic Problem of Metaphysics. Herder Verlag, Freiburg, 1969.
- Presentation, Method and Structure: Investigations in the Unity of Systematic Philosophy of G. W. F. Hegel. Bouvier Verlag, Bonn, 1973.
- Theories of Truth in Modern Philosophy: A Critical and Systematic Presentation. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, 1978, ISBN 3534072588. 3rd edition, 1993.
- (ed., introduction) The Concept of Truth: New Attempts at Explanation. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, 1987, ISBN 3-534-02134-7.
- Basics of a Theory of Truth. W. de Gruyter, Berlin / New York, 1990, ISBN 3-11-012079-8.
- Structure and Being: A Theoretical Framework for a Systematic Philosophy. Mohr Siebeck Verlag, Tübingen, 2006, ISBN 3-16-148963-2.
- Being and God: A Systematic Approach in Dealing with M. Heidegger, E. Levinas and J.-L. Marion. Mohr Siebeck Verlag, Tübingen, 2010, ISBN 978-3-16-150146-3.
- (with Emmanuel Tourpe) Philosophy as a Systematic Discourse: Dialogues About the Basics of a Theory of Beings. Karl Alber, Freiburg im Breisgau, 2014.
- Being and Nothing: The Primordial Question of Philosophy, London, Bloomsbury Aacademic, 2925.
References
- ^ Laudatio auf Prof. Dr. Lorenz B. Puntel - Prof. Dr. Godehard Brüntrup SJ on YouTube
- ^ Lawrence, Joseph P. "Structure and Being: A Theoretical Framework for a Systematic Philosophy." The Review of Metaphysics 63.4 (2010): 937.
- ^ Puntel, Lorenz B. Structure and being: a theoretical framework for a systematic philosophy. Penn State Press, 2010.
- ^ LMU München: Schwerpunkte in Forschung & Lehre (retrieved 24 November 2014)
- ^ Negarestani, Reza. Intelligence and Spirit. Urbanomic/Sequence Press, 2018. p.72
- ^ White, Alan. Toward a Philosophical Theory of Everything: Contributions to the Structural-systematic Philosophy. A&C Black, 2014. p.4–25
- ^ de Oliveira, M. A. A metafísica do ser primordial: L.B. Puntel e o desafio de repensar a metafísica hoje, Loyola, 2019, ISBN 8515045788
- ^ Selbstauskunft, Vortrag "Heidegger", WWU Münster. 15 December 2010.
- ^ Die Hochschule trauert um Prof. Dr. Lorenz Bruno Puntel (retrieved 25 July 2024)
- ^ version française de Emmanuel Tourpe, Philosophie als systematischer Diskurs, Fribourg- Munich, Karl Alber, 2014 pp. 3–4
- ^ LMU München: Curriculum Vitae (retrieved 24 November 2014)
- ^ "Metaphysical Society - Awards & Prizes".