Ernesto Mayz Vallenilla

Male, Person

1925 –

86

Who is Ernesto Mayz Vallenilla?

Ernesto Mayz Vallenilla is a Venezuelan philosopher. He was born in Maracaibo and graduated from high school in Liceo Andrés Bello, Caracas. He graduated in philosophy and literature from Universidad Central de Venezuela in 1950, where he also obtained his PhD in Philosophy.

He studied in the universities of Göttingen, Freiburg and München. Ernesto Mayz Vallenilla was also a professor at the Universidad Central de Venezuela and the rector-founder of Universidad Simón Bolívar.

He is noted for his theories about technical reasoning, published in 1974.

In 2001, the Argentinian Philosophical Society considered Mayz Vallenilla the most outstanding Latin American philosopher of the 20th century.

He holds the UNESCO Chair of Philosophy.

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1925

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on July 23, 2013

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