1984 in philosophy

This is a list of notable events that took place in 1984 in philosophy.

Publications

• Nel Noddings, Caring: A Feminine Approach to Ethics and Moral Education
• Fredric Jameson, Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism
• Derek Parfit, Reasons and Persons

Philosophical fiction

• Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Deaths

• March 30 - Karl Rahner (born 1904)
• June 25 - Michel Foucault (born 1926) ^[1]
• November 26 - Bernard Lonergan (born 1904)

References

1. Gutting, Gary (2 April 2003). "Michel Foucault". Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved 10 November 2025.