Lorenz (Lorencino) Bruno Puntel (German: [punˈteːl]; 22 September 1935 – 16 July 2024) was a German philosopher of Brazilian descent, who established the school of Structural-systematic philosophy.[1][2] 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.[3][4][5][6]
Lorenz Bruno Puntel | |
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 Puntel in 2018 | |
| Born | 22 September 1935 |
| Died | 16 July 2024 (aged 88) |
| Education | University of Munich |
| Era | 20th and 21st-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Continental philosophy Analytic philosophy Structural-systematic philosophy |
Main interests | Philosophy of science Philosophy of religion |
Notable ideas | Structural-systematic philosophy Philosophical theory of everything |
Background
editPuntel studied philosophy, theology, philology and psychology in Munich, Innsbruck, Vienna, Paris, and Rome. He graduated in philosophy in Munich (1968) and in Catholic theology (1969) in 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.[7]
Puntel died in Augsburg, Bavaria on 16 July 2024, at the age of 88.[8]
Philosophical work
editPuntel'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.[9]
Awards
editFrom 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.[10]
He also received the Findlay Book Prize in 2011.[11]
Bibliography
edit- 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.
- (Editor, Introduction) The concept of truth. New attempts at explanation. Scientific Book Society, 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.
References
edit- ^ 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.. "THE METAPHYSICS OF THE PRIMORDIAL BEING, L.B. Puntel and the challenge of rethinking metaphysics", 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 p.3–4
- ^ LMU München: Curriculum Vitae (retrieved 24 November 2014)
- ^ "Metaphysical Society - Awards & Prizes".