2006 in philosophy

Last updated November 21, 2025

2006 in philosophy was important for a number of events and publications.

Events

Births

Publications

Harry Frankfurt, On Truth (2006)
Luc Ferry, Learning to Live (2006)
Paul Boghossian, Fear of Knowledge (2006)
André Comte-Sponville, The Book of Atheist Spirituality (originally published in French as L'Esprit de l'athéisme, 2006)
Jonathan Lear, Radical Hope: Ethics in the Face of Cultural Devastation (2006)
Joshua Foa Dienstag, Pessimism: Philosophy, Ethic, Spirit (2006)
Roger Crisp, Reasons and the Good (2006)
Lee Smolin, The Trouble with Physics (2006)

Deaths

February 4 - Betty Friedan (born 1921)
February 13 - P. F. Strawson (born 1919)
March 27 - Stanisław Lem (born 1921)
May 16 - Colin Murray Turbayne (born 1916)
July 30 - Murray Bookchin (born 1921)^[1]
July 8 - Raja Rao (born 1908)
August 1 - Iris Marion Young (born 1949)

References

↑ "Murray Bookchin". Encyclopædia Britannica . Retrieved November 20, 2025.

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