2017 in philosophy
Events
- Onora O'Neill wins the 2017 Berggruen Prize.[1]
- 15-16 December – a conference in memory of Derek Parfit is held at Rutgers University, organized jointly with New York University.
- Hypatia transracialism controversy
Publications
The following list is arranged alphabetically:
- Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek & Peter Singer, Utilitarianism: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press)
- Kate Manne, Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny (Oxford University Press)
- Michael Ruse, On Purpose, (Princeton University Press).
- Kieran Setiya, Midlife: A Philosophical Guide, (Princeton University Press)
- George Sher, Me, You, Us (Oxford University Press)
- Peter Singer, (ed.), Does Anything Really Matter? Essays on Parfit on Objectivity (Oxford University Press).
- Jeremy Waldron, One Another's Equals: The Basis of Human Equality (Harvard University Press)
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in philosophy" article:
- January 1 - Derek Parfit, 75, British philosopher, specialist in personal identity, rationality, and ethics (born 1942).
- January 7 - John Deely, 74, American philosopher and semiotician (born 1942)
- January 9 - Zygmunt Bauman, 91, Polish sociologist and philosopher (born 1925).
- January 13 - Mark Fisher, 48, British writer, music journalist (The Wire, Fact) and cultural theorist whose most influential work is Capitalist Realism: Is there no alternative? (2009) (born 1968).
- February 1 - Tzvetan Todorov, 77, Bulgarian-French historian, philosopher, structuralist literary critic, sociologist, essayist and geologist (born 1939).
- February 17 - Tom Regan, 78, American philosopher, specialist in animal rights theory (born 1938).
- March 14 - André Tosel, 75, French Marxist philosopher (born 1941).[2]
- April 22 - Hubert Dreyfus, 87, American philosopher and professor of philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley (born 1929).
- April 24 - Robert M. Pirsig, 88, American writer and philosopher (born 1928).
- May 15 - Karl-Otto Apel, 95, German philosopher and Professor Emeritus at the University of Frankfurt am Main (born 1922).
- October 1 - István Mészáros, 86, Hungarian-born Marxist philosopher, Professor Emeritus at the University of Sussex (born 1930).
- November 29 - Jerry Fodor, 82, American philosopher and cognitive scientist (born 1935).
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References
- Jennifer Schuessler (3 October 2017). "Onora O'Neill Wins $1 Million Berggruen Prize for Philosophy". The New York Times.
- André Tosel, philosophe niçois de renom, nous a quittés. (in French)
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