1952 in philosophy

1952 in philosophy

Events

Publications

• Lewis White Beck, Philosophic Inquiry: An Introduction to Philosophy (1952)
• Jacques Maritain, The Range of Reason (1952, original publication?)
• Paul Tillich, The Courage to Be (1952)
• C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity (1952)
• Leo Strauss, Persecution and the Art of Writing (1952)
• Simone Weil, Gravity and Grace (1952)

Births

• March 11 - Douglas Adams (died 2001)
• March 12 - André Comte-Sponville
• April 1 - Bernard Stiegler
• April 9 - Christine Korsgaard
• April 9 - Robert Zubrin
• April 15 - Avital Ronell
• August 8 - Jostein Gaarder
• October 27 - Francis Fukuyama
• Galen Strawson (unknown)
• Manuel de Landa (unknown)

Deaths

• May 6 - Maria Montessori (born 1870)
• June 1 - John Dewey (born 1859)
• September 26 - George Santayana (born 1863)
• November 20 - Benedetto Croce (born 1866)

References