1998 in philosophy

1998 in philosophy

Events

• The Indian philosopher and economist Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences "for his contributions to welfare economics".
• The American philosopher Robert L. Holmes was appointed to the newly established Rajiv Gandhi Chair in Peace and Disarmament at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India.

Publications

• Heinz von Foerster and Bernhard Pörksen, ' (published in German in 1998; not yet published in English)
• John Searle, ' (1998)
• Alan Gewirth, Self-Fulfillment (1998)
• Alessandro Ferrara, ' (1998)
• Robert Audi, ' (1998)
• T. M. Scanlon, What We Owe to Each Other (1998)

Deaths

• February 17 - Ernst Jünger (born 1895)
• March 3 - Marc Sautet (born 1947)
• April 21 - Jean-François Lyotard (born 1924)

References