1988 in philosophy

1988 in philosophy

Events

 * Paul Thieme was awarded the 1988 Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy for "he added immensely to our knowledge of Vedic and other classical Indian literature and provided a solid foundation to the study of the history of Indian thought".
 * The Indian philosopher and writer Raja Rao was awarded the 1988 Neustadt International Prize for Literature.

Publications

 * Ernst Mayr, Toward a New Philosophy of Biology (1988)
 * Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time (1988)
 * Hans Moravec, Mind Children: The Future of Robot and Human Intelligence (1988)
 * Jürgen Habermas, Postmetaphysical Thinking (1988)

Deaths

 * February 16 - Ye Shengtao (born 1894)
 * June 23 - Liang Shuming (born 1893)
 * June 26 - Hans Urs von Balthasar (born 1905)