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) ^[2] and On Revolution (1963) ^[3]
• Donald Davidson, Actions, Reasons, and Causes (1963) ^[4]
• William Hardy McNeill, The Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community (1963) ^[5]
• Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique (1963) ^[6]
• Edmund Gettier, Is Justified True Belief Knowledge? (1963) ^[7]
• Richard Clyde Taylor, Metaphysics (1963) ^[8]

Deaths

• June 17 - John Cowper Powys (born 1872) ^[9]
• August 27 - W. E. B. Du Bois (born 1868) ^[10]
• November 22 - Aldous Huxley (born 1894) ^[11]
• November 22 - C. S. Lewis (born 1898) ^[12]

References

1. Mendes-Flohr, Paul (January 1, 2019). Martin Buber. Yale University Press. ISBN   978-0-300-15304-0 . Retrieved December 11, 2025.
2. "The book that changed me: Hannah Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem and the problem of terrifying moral complacency". Find an Expert : The University of Melbourne. Archived from the original on 2025-07-21. Retrieved 2026-02-27.
3. Arendt, Hannah (1963). On Revolution. Penguin Classics.
4. Risjord, Mark (September 2005). "Reasons, Causes, and Action Explanation". Philosophy of the Social Sciences. 35 (3): 294–306. doi:10.1177/0048393105277987. ISSN   0048-3931.
5. "The Rise of the West: a history of the human community". unesdoc.unesco.org. Retrieved 2026-02-27.
6. "Publication of "The Feminine Mystique" by Betty Friedan". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 2026-02-27.
7. Gettier, Edmund L. (1963). "Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?". Analysis. 23 (6): 121–123. doi:10.1093/analys/23.6.121.
8. Taylor, Richard (1974). Metaphysics. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall.
9. "Death of John Cowper Powys | History Today". www.historytoday.com. Retrieved 2026-02-27.
10. "W. E. B. Du Bois Dies in Ghana; Negro Leader and Author, 95". archive.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2026-02-27.
11. "Aldous Huxley, Dying of Cancer, Left This World Tripping on LSD (1963) | Open Culture" . Retrieved 2026-02-27.
12. "The Extraordinary Life and Overlooked Death of C. S. Lewis". Oxford Libraries Graduate Trainees. 2023-11-21. Retrieved 2026-02-27.