Peter Munz

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Peter Munz (born 1921) is a philosopher and historian, Professor Emeritus of the Victoria University of Wellington; among the major influences on his work are Karl Popper and Ludwig Wittgenstein.

[edit] 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
  • Beyond Wittgenstein's Poker: New Light on Popper and Wittgenstein


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