1985 in philosophy
Events
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)[1]
- April 7 - Carl Schmitt (born 1888)[2]
- June 12 - Helmuth Plessner (born 1892)
gollark: That's not how equality works.
gollark: I am currently an atheist due to not having any good reason to believe anything else.
gollark: Not particularly. If you prevent everyone from learning maths, you'll run out of engineers and such, which would cause problems as you need them to make good yachts.
gollark: There's a difference between being somewhat selfish and actively trying to make everyone else worse off for no apparent reason.
gollark: I haven't seen evidence of people actually thinking that way.
References
- "Eric Voegelin, Philosopher, Author and Professor, Dies". The New York Times. 23 January 1985. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
- "Carl Schmitt". Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
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