1949 in philosophy

none November 20251949 philosophy 1949 in philosophy Events 1949 Publications Karl Jaspers, The Origin and Goal of History (1949); Note: Jaspers coined the term Axial Age. Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac (1949) Gilbert Ryle, The Concept of Mind (1949) Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949) Jean Fourastié, Le Grand Espoir du XXe siècle (1949, no English translation available?) Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex (1949) Philosophical fiction George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)Lynskey Dorian The ministry of truth: the biography of George Orwell's 1984 2019 Doubleday 978-0-385-54405-4 New York Births January 1 - Ljubodrag Simonović, Serbian philosopher, author and basketball player January 2 - Iris Marion Young (died 2006) January 11 - Jean-Paul Enthoven, French philosopher and publisherWho's Who in France, 2008 edition, 838. March 21 - Slavoj Žižek, Slovenian cultural theoristSlavoj Žižek Encyclopædia Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Slavoj-Zizek 8 June 2022 live https://web.archive.org/web/20220316200721/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Slavoj-Zizek 16 March 2022 April 13 - Christopher Hitchens, British-American journalist (died 2011)2025-10-31 Christopher Hitchens https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christopher-Hitchens 2025-11-03 Britannica en June 30 - Alain Finkielkraut July 18 - Axel Honneth Deaths November 23 - Gustav Radbruch (born 1878) References Philosophy Category:20th century in philosophy Category:Philosophy by year