Lorenz B. Puntel, born in 1935, studied philosophy, psychology, classical philology, and Catholic theology in Munich, Vienna, Paris, Rome, and Innsbruck. He received a doctorate in philosophy in 1968 and one in Catholic theology in 1969. He qualified as a university lecturer in philosophy in 1972 and became Professor of Philosophy at the University of Munich in 1978. In 2001, he became Professor Emeritus.Alan White received his BA from Tulane University in 1972 and his PhD from the Pennsylvania State University in 1980. In 2000, he became Mark Hopkins Professor of Philosophy at Williams College.

• ContentsPreface to Struktur und SeinPreface to Structure and BeingKey to Abbreviations and Logical/Mathematical SymbolsIntroduction1. Global Systematics: Determination of the Standpoint of the Structural-Systematic Philosophy1.1 “A Theoretical Framework for a Systematic Philosophy”: the complexity of the concept and of its presentation 1.2 A first determination of systematic philosophy1.3 Structure and being: a first characterization of the basic idea behind the structural-systematic philosophy1.4 The idealized four-stage philosophical method1.5. (Self-)grounding of systematic philosophy?2. Systematics of Theoreticity. The Dimension of Philosophical Presentation2.1 Theoreticity as a dimension of presentation2.2 Language as the medium of presentation for theoreticity2.3 The epistemic dimension as the domain of the accomplishment of theoreticity2.4 The dimension of theory in the narrower sense2.5 Fully determined theoreticity: first approach to a theory of truth3. Systematics of Structure: The Fundamental Structures3.1 What is the systematics of structure?3.2 The three levels of fundamental structures3.3 Theory of truth as explication (articulation) of the fully determinate connections among fundamental structures 4. World-Systematics. Theory of the Dimensions of the World4.1 The concept of world4.2 The “natural world”4.3 The human world4.4 The aesthetic world4.5 The world as a whole5. Comprehensive Systematics: The Theory of the Interconnection of All Structures and Dimensions of Being as Theory of Being As Such and As a Whole5.1 The philosophical status of comprehensive systematics5.2 Basic features of a theory of being as such and as a whole5.3 Starting points for a theory of absolute being6. Metasystematics: Theory of the Relatively Maximal Self-Determination of Systematic Philosophy6.1 The status of metasystematics6.2 Immanent metasystematics6.3 External metasystematics6.4 Self-determination, metasystematics, and the self-grounding of the structural-systematic philosophyWorks CitedIndex

“Puntel’s Structure and Being is a rare work of integration and synthesis. A book conceived and executed in the grand tradition of philosophical systematization, it integrates treatments of a wide array of fundamental philosophical problems within a grand overarching design. Examining key theories and theses from the Anglo-American analytic and the Continental European traditions, it both expounds and exemplifies a holistic vision of philosophy that can be appreciated by philosophers of both traditions alike.”—Nicholas Rescher, University of Pittsburgh

Lorenz B. Puntel, born in 1935, studied philosophy, psychology, classical philology, and Catholic theology in Munich, Vienna, Paris, Rome, and Innsbruck. He received a doctorate in philosophy in 1968 and one in Catholic theology in 1969. He qualified as a university lecturer in philosophy in 1972 and became Professor of Philosophy at the University of Munich in 1978. In 2001, he became Professor Emeritus.Alan White received his BA from Tulane University in 1972 and his PhD from the Pennsylvania State University in 1980. In 2000, he became Mark Hopkins Professor of Philosophy at Williams College.

• ContentsPreface to Struktur und SeinPreface to Structure and BeingKey to Abbreviations and Logical/Mathematical SymbolsIntroduction1. Global Systematics: Determination of the Standpoint of the Structural-Systematic Philosophy1.1 “A Theoretical Framework for a Systematic Philosophy”: the complexity of the concept and of its presentation 1.2 A first determination of systematic philosophy1.3 Structure and being: a first characterization of the basic idea behind the structural-systematic philosophy1.4 The idealized four-stage philosophical method1.5. (Self-)grounding of systematic philosophy?2. Systematics of Theoreticity. The Dimension of Philosophical Presentation2.1 Theoreticity as a dimension of presentation2.2 Language as the medium of presentation for theoreticity2.3 The epistemic dimension as the domain of the accomplishment of theoreticity2.4 The dimension of theory in the narrower sense2.5 Fully determined theoreticity: first approach to a theory of truth3. Systematics of Structure: The Fundamental Structures3.1 What is the systematics of structure?3.2 The three levels of fundamental structures3.3 Theory of truth as explication (articulation) of the fully determinate connections among fundamental structures 4. World-Systematics. Theory of the Dimensions of the World4.1 The concept of world4.2 The “natural world”4.3 The human world4.4 The aesthetic world4.5 The world as a whole5. Comprehensive Systematics: The Theory of the Interconnection of All Structures and Dimensions of Being as Theory of Being As Such and As a Whole5.1 The philosophical status of comprehensive systematics5.2 Basic features of a theory of being as such and as a whole5.3 Starting points for a theory of absolute being6. Metasystematics: Theory of the Relatively Maximal Self-Determination of Systematic Philosophy6.1 The status of metasystematics6.2 Immanent metasystematics6.3 External metasystematics6.4 Self-determination, metasystematics, and the self-grounding of the structural-systematic philosophyWorks CitedIndex

“Puntel’s Structure and Being is a rare work of integration and synthesis. A book conceived and executed in the grand tradition of philosophical systematization, it integrates treatments of a wide array of fundamental philosophical problems within a grand overarching design. Examining key theories and theses from the Anglo-American analytic and the Continental European traditions, it both expounds and exemplifies a holistic vision of philosophy that can be appreciated by philosophers of both traditions alike.”—Nicholas Rescher, University of Pittsburgh

Lorenz B. Puntel, born in 1935, studied philosophy, psychology, classical philology, and Catholic theology in Munich, Vienna, Paris, Rome, and Innsbruck. He received a doctorate in philosophy in 1968 and one in Catholic theology in 1969. He qualified as a university lecturer in philosophy in 1972 and became Professor of Philosophy at the University of Munich in 1978. In 2001, he became Professor Emeritus.Alan White received his BA from Tulane University in 1972 and his PhD from the Pennsylvania State University in 1980. In 2000, he became Mark Hopkins Professor of Philosophy at Williams College.

• ContentsPreface to Struktur und SeinPreface to Structure and BeingKey to Abbreviations and Logical/Mathematical SymbolsIntroduction1. Global Systematics: Determination of the Standpoint of the Structural-Systematic Philosophy1.1 “A Theoretical Framework for a Systematic Philosophy”: the complexity of the concept and of its presentation 1.2 A first determination of systematic philosophy1.3 Structure and being: a first characterization of the basic idea behind the structural-systematic philosophy1.4 The idealized four-stage philosophical method1.5. (Self-)grounding of systematic philosophy?2. Systematics of Theoreticity. The Dimension of Philosophical Presentation2.1 Theoreticity as a dimension of presentation2.2 Language as the medium of presentation for theoreticity2.3 The epistemic dimension as the domain of the accomplishment of theoreticity2.4 The dimension of theory in the narrower sense2.5 Fully determined theoreticity: first approach to a theory of truth3. Systematics of Structure: The Fundamental Structures3.1 What is the systematics of structure?3.2 The three levels of fundamental structures3.3 Theory of truth as explication (articulation) of the fully determinate connections among fundamental structures 4. World-Systematics. Theory of the Dimensions of the World4.1 The concept of world4.2 The “natural world”4.3 The human world4.4 The aesthetic world4.5 The world as a whole5. Comprehensive Systematics: The Theory of the Interconnection of All Structures and Dimensions of Being as Theory of Being As Such and As a Whole5.1 The philosophical status of comprehensive systematics5.2 Basic features of a theory of being as such and as a whole5.3 Starting points for a theory of absolute being6. Metasystematics: Theory of the Relatively Maximal Self-Determination of Systematic Philosophy6.1 The status of metasystematics6.2 Immanent metasystematics6.3 External metasystematics6.4 Self-determination, metasystematics, and the self-grounding of the structural-systematic philosophyWorks CitedIndex

“Puntel’s Structure and Being is a rare work of integration and synthesis. A book conceived and executed in the grand tradition of philosophical systematization, it integrates treatments of a wide array of fundamental philosophical problems within a grand overarching design. Examining key theories and theses from the Anglo-American analytic and the Continental European traditions, it both expounds and exemplifies a holistic vision of philosophy that can be appreciated by philosophers of both traditions alike.”—Nicholas Rescher, University of Pittsburgh