1988 in philosophy explained

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".^[1]
• The Indian philosopher and writer Raja Rao was awarded the 1988 Neustadt International Prize for Literature.^[2]

Publications

• Ernst Mayr, Toward a New Philosophy of Biology (1988)
• Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time (1988)
• Hans Moravec, (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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Paul Thieme . Inamori Foundation . 23 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130126133644/http://www.inamori-f.or.jp/laureates/k04_c_paul/prf_e.html . 26 January 2013 .
2. Web site: 1988 NEUSTADT INTERNATIONAL PRIZE. World Literature Today - The University of Oklahoma. 23 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20120417085517/http://www.ou.edu/worldlit/neustadt/1988-raha-rao.html. 2012-04-17. dead.