1950 in philosophy explained

1950 in philosophy

Events

• Bertrand Russell was awarded the 1950 Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought".^[1]

Publications

• Martin Heidegger, Off the Beaten Track including the essay The Origin of the Work of Art (originally published in German as Holzwege in 1950)
• Norbert Wiener, The Human Use of Human Beings (1950)
• Ernst Gombrich, The Story of Art (1950)
• Alan Turing, Computing Machinery and Intelligence (1950)

Births

• September 9 - Seyla Benhabib

Deaths

• February 2 - Constantin Carathéodory (born 1873)
• March 1 - Alfred Korzybski (born 1879)
• September 6 - Olaf Stapledon (born 1886)
• October 9 - Nicolai Hartmann (born 1882)^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1950 - Bertrand Russell. Nobelprize.org. 11 February 2013.
2. Web site: Poli. Roberto. Nicolai Hartmann. The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP). 11 February 2013.