Claim: Walter Puchner studied in the University of Crete from which he obtained a doctorate of Philosophy in 1972; then In 1977, he was proclaimed Privatdozent of the University of Vienna.
Evidence: He then went on to teaching in the Philosophical School of the University of Crete of which he also became president in 1987 while he was also teaching in the University of Graz. 
He studied in the University of Vienna from which he obtained a doctorate of Philosophy in 1972.