1964 in philosophy

1964 in philosophy

Events

 * Jean-Paul Sartre was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, but he declined it, stating that a writer must "refuse to let himself be transformed into an institution, even if this occurs under the most honorable circumstances".
 * The Sigmund Freud Prize was inaugurated in 1964.

Publications

 * Lon L. Fuller, The Morality of Law (1964)
 * Mao Zedong, Quotations from Chairman Mao (1964)
 * Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man (1964)
 * Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man (1964)
 * Jürgen Moltmann, Theology of Hope (1964)

Births

 * December 8 - Richard David Precht
 * December 30 - Christof Rapp

Deaths

 * March 18 - Norbert Wiener (born 1894)
 * April 14 - Rachel Carson (born 1907)
 * April 23 - Karl Polanyi (born 1886)