2004 in philosophy

2004 in philosophy

Events

 * Jürgen Habermas was awarded the Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy for his "achievements in social philosophy, in particular [the] establishment of the communicative action theory and discourse ethics, and its application in practical activities for a public-minded ideal society".
 * The Holberg Prize was inaugurated in 2004.

Publications

 * Harry G. Frankfurt, The Reasons of Love (2004)
 * Seyla Benhabib, The Rights of Others (2004)
 * Charles Larmore, The Practices of the Self (2004)
 * Galen Strawson, Against Narrativity (2004)
 * James Giles, The Nature of Sexual Desire (2004)

Philosophical literature

 * Pascal Mercier, Night Train to Lisbon (2004)

Deaths

 * May 9 - Alan Gewirth (born 1912)
 * July 28 - Francis Crick (born 1916)
 * October 9 - Jacques Derrida (born 1930)
 * December 28 - Susan Sontag (born 1933)