1981 in philosophy

1981 in philosophy

Events

• Gadamer–Derrida debate

Publications

• Peter Singer, The Expanding Circle (1981)
• Alasdair MacIntyre, After Virtue (1981)
• Robert Nozick, Philosophical Explanations (1981)
• Jürgen Habermas, The Theory of Communicative Action (1981)
• Jean Baudrillard, Simulacra and Simulation (1981)

Deaths

• January 5
  • Lanza del Vasto, Italian-born philosopher, poet and activist (b. 1901) ^[1]
  • Frederick Osborn (born 1889)
• February 1 - Morris Weitz (born 1916)
• February 20 - Ioannis Theodorakopoulos (born 1900)
• February 26 - Wilmon Henry Sheldon (born 1875) ^[2]
• March 8 - Joseph Henry Woodger (born 1894)
• March 28 - Tadeusz Czeżowski (born 1889)
• June 16 - Julius Ebbinghaus (born 1885)
• July 27 - Paul Brunton (born 1898)
• August 5 - Jerzy Neyman (born 1894)
• September 2 - Knud Ejler Løgstrup (born 1905)
• September 8 - Nisargadatta Maharaj (born 1897)
• September 9 - Jacques Lacan (born 1901)
• September 23 - Notonagoro (born 1905)
• September 24 - Brahmarishi Hussain Sha (born 1905)
• September 29 - Ksenija Atanasijević
• October 3 - Tadeusz Kotarbiński (born 1886) ^[3]
• October 7 - Huberto Rohden (born 1893)
• November 7 - Will Durant (born 1885) ^[4]
• November 15 - Muhammad Husayn Tabatabaei (born 1903)
• December 2 - Alexis Kagame (born 1912)
• December 12 - J. L. Mackie (born 1917)
• Acharya Rameshwar Jha

References

1. Galiana, Ismael (1 July 1981). "Murió en Murcia el poeta y pacifista Lanza del Vasto: Apóstol de la no violencia" [The poet and pacifist Lanza del Vasto died in Murcia: Apostle of nonviolence](PDF). ABC (in Spanish). Madrid. p. 24.
2. "Wilmon Henry Sheldon". Oxford Reference. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
3. Praxiology. Państwowe Wydawn. Naukowe. 1983. p. 3.
4. Brennan, Elizabeth A.; Clarage, Elizabeth C. (1999). Who's Who of Pulitzer Prize Winners. Phoenix: Oryx Press. p. 257. ISBN   1-57356-111-8. OCLC   750569323 – via Google Books.