Lorenz (Lorencino) Bruno Puntel (/pʊnˈtɛl/; German: [pʊnˈtɛl]; 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 B. Puntel | |
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 Puntel in 2018 | |
| Born | Lorenz Bruno Puntel 22 September 1935 |
| Died | 16 July 2024 (aged 88) |
| Education | University of Munich |
| Era | 20th-/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 studied 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. 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".