1950 in philosophy

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Events

Bertrand Russell was awarded the 1950 Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought".^[1]

Publications

Martin Heidegger, Off the Beaten Track including the essay The Origin of the Work of Art (originally published in German as Holzwege in 1950)
Norbert Wiener, The Human Use of Human Beings (1950)
Ernst Gombrich, The Story of Art (1950)
Alan Turing, Computing Machinery and Intelligence (1950)

Births

September 9 - Seyla Benhabib

Deaths

February 2 - Constantin Carathéodory (born 1873)
March 1 - Alfred Korzybski (born 1879)
September 6 - Olaf Stapledon (born 1886)
October 9 - Nicolai Hartmann (born 1882)^[2]

References

↑ "The Nobel Prize in Literature 1950 - Bertrand Russell". Nobelprize.org. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
↑ Poli, Roberto. "Nicolai Hartmann". The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP). Retrieved 11 February 2013.

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[1] "The Nobel Prize in Literature 1950 - Bertrand Russell". Nobelprize.org. Retrieved 11 February 2013.

[2] Poli, Roberto. "Nicolai Hartmann". The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP). Retrieved 11 February 2013.

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