1998 in philosophy
Events
- The Indian philosopher and economist Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences "for his contributions to welfare economics".[1]
Publications
- Heinz von Foerster and Bernhard Pörksen, Wahrheit ist die Erfindung eines Lügners: Gespräche für Skeptiker (published in German in 1998; not yet published in English)
- John Searle, Mind, Language and Society: Philosophy in the Real World (1998)
- Alan Gewirth, Self-Fulfillment (1998)
- Alessandro Ferrara, Reflective Authenticity: Rethinking the Project of Modernity (1998)
- Robert Audi, Epistemology: A Contemporary Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge (1998)
- T. M. Scanlon, What We Owe to Each Other (1998)
Deaths
- February 17 - Ernst Jünger (born 1895)
- March 3 - Marc Sautet (born 1947)
- April 21 - Jean-François Lyotard (born 1924)
References
- "The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1998". Nobelprize.org. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
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