1963 in philosophy

1963 in philosophy was the year of the publication of a number of important works.

Events

• Martin Buber was awarded the Erasmus Prize in 1963. ^[1]

Publications

• Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem (1963) and On Revolution (1963)
• Donald Davidson, Actions, Reasons, and Causes (1963)
• William Hardy McNeill, The Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community (1963)
• Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique (1963)
• Edmund Gettier, Is Justified True Belief Knowledge? (1963)
• Richard Clyde Taylor, Metaphysics (1963)

Deaths

• June 17 - John Cowper Powys (born 1872)
• August 27 - W. E. B. Du Bois (born 1868)
• November 22 - Aldous Huxley (born 1894)
• November 22 - C. S. Lewis (born 1898)

References

1. Mendes-Flohr, Paul (January 1, 2019). Martin Buber. Yale University Press. ISBN   978-0-300-15304-0 . Retrieved December 11, 2025.