Millan Puelles
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Antonio Millán-Puelles
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| Birth | February 11, 1921 |
| Death | March 22, 2005 |
| School/tradition | Phenomenology, Thomism |
Antonio Millan Puelles (Also spelled Millán-Puelles) (February 11, 1921 – March 22, 2005) was a Spanish philosopher interested in phenomenology and metaphysics, who published many books and articles. He discovered his vocation to philosophy when he read Husserl’s Logical Investigations and abandoned the medical studies he had just begun.
He combined a complete clarity and precision with depth and profound insights. His preferred topics were the relationship between conscience and subjectivity, the value of freedom, the ideal and the unreal being, and the rapport between metaphysics and logic.
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Among his most important books there are:
- “El problema del ente ideal” (The Problem of the Ideal Being. A study of Hartmann and Husserl, doctoral dissertation; 1947);
- “Ontología de la existencia histórica” (The Ontology of the Historical Existence, 1951);
- “Fundamentos de Filosofía” (Fundamentals of Philosophy, 1958);
- “La claridad en Filosofía y otros estudios” (Clarity in Philosophy and other Essays, 1958);
- “La función social de los saberes liberales” (The Social Function of the Humanities, 1961);
- “Persona humana y justicia social” (The Human Person and Social Justice, 1961);
- “La formación de la personalidad humana” (The Development of the Human Personality, 1963);
- “La estructura de la subjetividad” (The Structure of Subjectivity, Ediciones Rialp, 1967). Translated to Italian; in this work he studies particularly the concept of intentionality.
- “Economía y libertad” (Economy and Freedom, 1974);
- “Sobre el hombre y la sociedad” (On Man and Society, 1976);
- “Universidad y sociedad” (The University and Society, 1976);
- “Teoría de la educación” (A Theory of Education, 1983);
- “Léxico Filosófico” (A Philosophical Lexicon, 1984);
- “Teoría del objeto puro” (The Theory of the Pure Object, 1990). Translated to English: Heidelberg, Universitätsverlag C. Winter 1996;
- “El interés por la verdad” (The Interest in Truth, 1997);
- “La lógica de los conceptos metafísicos (2 Vols.)” (The Logic of Metaphysical Concepts, 2002.)
His books could be divided in three main groups: those devoted to the theory of knowledge and metaphysics, those devoted to ethics and society, and educational handbooks. In all these works he studies and comments Brentano, Aristotle, Aquinas, Husserl, Kant, Hartmann, Meinong, Sartre, Heidegger, and many other ancient, medieval, and modern philosophers.
