1956 in philosophy

1956 in philosophy

Publications

 * Benjamin Lee Whorf, Language, Thought and Reality (published posthumously in 1956)
 * Erich Fromm, The Art of Loving (1956)
 * A. J. Ayer, The Problem of Knowledge (1956)

Births

 * February 24 - Judith Butler
 * Shelly Kagan

Deaths

 * January 29 - H. L. Mencken (born 1880)
 * July 29 - Ludwig Klages (born 1872)
 * October 30 - Pío Baroja (born 1872)