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New Zealand academic
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Male
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Place of birth
Chemnitz
Death
14 October 2006 (aged 85 years)
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Wellington
Age
85 years
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Biography
Peter Munz (12 May 1921 – 14 October 2006) was a philosopher and historian, Professor of the Victoria University of Wellington; among the major influences on his work were Karl Popper and Ludwig Wittgenstein. Munz is one of two students who studied under both Popper and Wittgenstein.
Born in Chemnitz, and educated in Germany, Switzerland and Italy, he emigrated to New Zealand in 1940.
Major works
- The Place of Hooker in the History of Thought
- Problems of Religious Knowledge
- The Origin of the Carolingian Empire
- Relationship and Solitude: An Inquiry into the Relationship between Myth, Metaphysics and Ethics
- Life in the Age of Charlemagne
- Frederick Barbarossa: A Study in Medieval Politics.
- When the Golden Bough Breaks: Structuralism or Typology?
- The Shapes of Time: A New Look at the Philosophy of History
- Our Knowledge of the Growth of Knowledge: Popper or Wittgenstein?
- Philosophical Darwinism: On the Origin of Knowledge by Means of Natural Selection
- Critique of Impure Reason: An Essay on Neurons, Somatic Markers, and Consciousness
- Beyond Wittgenstein's Poker: New Light on Popper and Wittgenstein
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Notable German people in academia
Gender: Male, Born in: Years 1900 to 1929
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Notable German philosophers
Gender: Male, Born in: Years 1900 to 1929
Notable philosophers from New Zealand
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Notable German people in social science
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Gender: Male, Born in: Years 1900 to 1929
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Notable German Philosophers
Gender: Male, Born in: Years 1900 to 1929
Notable Philosophers from New Zealand
Gender: Male, Born in: Years 1900 to 1929
Notable German Historians
Gender: Male, Born in: Years 1900 to 1929
Notable Historians from New Zealand
Gender: Male, Born in: Years 1900 to 1929
Notable German Educators
Gender: Male, Born in: Years 1900 to 1929
Notable Educators from New Zealand
Gender: Male, Born in: Years 1900 to 1929
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