1957 in philosophy

none November 2025 1957 philosophy 1957 in philosophy was a critical year for the publication of a number of important works. Events Albert Camus was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Publications Karl Jaspers, The Great Philosophers (originally published in German as Die großen Philosophen, 1957) Paul Tillich, Dynamics of Faith (1957) Bernard Lonergan, Insight: A Study of Human Understanding (1957) B. F. Skinner, Verbal Behavior (1957) Leopold Kohr, The Breakdown of Nations (1957) André Leroi-Gourhan, Prehistoric Man (1957) Northrop Frye, Anatomy of Criticism (1957) Noam Chomsky, Syntactic Structures (1957) Philosophical fiction Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged (1957) Max Frisch, Homo Faber (1957) Deaths March 20 - Charles Kay Ogden, English linguistic psychologist and polymath (born 1889)C.K. OGDEN DEAD; LANGUAGE EXPERT; Originator of 'Basic English, Designed to Serve as International Tongue Attacked Confusion https://www.nytimes.com/1957/03/23/archives/ck-ogden-dead-language-expert-originator-of-basic-english-designed.html 11 November 2025 New York Times 23 March 1957 October 13 - Erich Auerbach, German-born scholar of comparative literature and philologist (born 1892)ERICH AUERBACH OF YALE IS DEAD; Sterling Professor of French and Romance Philology, 64, Was Dante Authority https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/15/archives/erich-auerbach-of-yale-is-dead-sterling-professor-of-french-and.html 11 November 2025 New York Times October 15, 1957 References Philosophy Category:20th century in philosophy Category:Philosophy by year