1949 in philosophy

1949 in philosophy

Publications

 * Karl Jaspers, The Origin and Goal of History (1949); Note: Jaspers coined the term Axial Age.
 * Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac (1949)
 * Gilbert Ryle, The Concept of Mind (1949)
 * Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949)
 * Jean Fourastié, Le Grand Espoir du XXe siècle (1949, no English translation available?)
 * Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex (1949)

Philosophical fiction

 * George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)

Births

 * January 1 - Ljubodrag Simonović, Serbian philosopher, author and basketball player
 * January 2 - Iris Marion Young (died 2006)
 * January 11 - Jean-Paul Enthoven, French philosopher and publisher
 * March 21 - Slavoj Žižek, Slovenian cultural theorist
 * April 13 - Christopher Hitchens, British-American journalist (died 2011)
 * June 30 - Alain Finkielkraut
 * July 18 - Axel Honneth

Deaths

 * November 23 - Gustav Radbruch (born 1878)