1985 in philosophy

1985 in philosophy

Publications

 * Nick Herbert, Quantum Reality: Beyond the New Physics (1985)
 * Mou Zongsan, 圓善論 (Chinese; not yet translated into English) (1985)
 * Bernard Williams, Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy (1985)
 * Amartya Sen, Commodities and Capabilities (1985)
 * Jürgen Habermas, The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity (1985)
 * Between the Species (begins publication)

Deaths

 * January 19 - Eric Voegelin (born 1901)
 * April 7 - Carl Schmitt (born 1888)
 * June 12 - Helmuth Plessner (born 1892)