1981 in philosophy

1981 in philosophy

Events

 * Gadamer–Derrida debate

Publications

 * Peter Singer, The Expanding Circle (1981)
 * Alasdair MacIntyre, After Virtue (1981)
 * Robert Nozick, Philosophical Explanations (1981)
 * Jürgen Habermas, The Theory of Communicative Action (1981)
 * Jean Baudrillard, Simulacra and Simulation (1981)

Deaths

 * January 5
 * Lanza del Vasto, Italian-born philosopher, poet and activist (b. 1901)
 * Frederick Osborn (born 1889)
 * February 1 - Morris Weitz (born 1916)
 * February 20 - Ioannis Theodorakopoulos (born 1900)
 * February 26 - Wilmon Henry Sheldon (born 1875)
 * March 8 - Joseph Henry Woodger (born 1894)
 * March 28 - Tadeusz Czeżowski (born 1889)
 * June 16 - Julius Ebbinghaus (born 1885)
 * July 27 - Paul Brunton (born 1898)
 * August 5 - Jerzy Neyman (born 1894)
 * September 2 - Knud Ejler Løgstrup (born 1905)
 * September 8 - Nisargadatta Maharaj (born 1897)
 * September 9 - Jacques Lacan (born 1901)
 * September 23 - Notonagoro (born 1905)
 * September 24 - Brahmarishi Hussain Sha (born 1905)
 * September 29 - Ksenija Atanasijević
 * October 3 - Tadeusz Kotarbiński (born 1886)
 * October 7 - Huberto Rohden (born 1893)
 * November 7 - Will Durant (born 1885)
 * November 15 - Muhammad Husayn Tabatabaei (born 1903)
 * December 2 - Alexis Kagame (born 1912)
 * December 12 - J. L. Mackie (born 1917)
 * Acharya Rameshwar Jha