1964 in philosophy

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1964 in philosophy

Events

• Jean-Paul Sartre was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, but he declined it, stating that a writer must "refuse to let himself be transformed into an institution, even if this occurs under the most honorable circumstances".^[1]
• The Sigmund Freud Prize was inaugurated in 1964.^[2]

Publications

• Lon L. Fuller, The Morality of Law (1964)
• Mao Zedong, Quotations from Chairman Mao (1964)
• Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man (1964)
• Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man (1964)
• Jürgen Moltmann, Theology of Hope (1964)

Births

• December 8 - Richard David Precht
• December 30 - Christof Rapp

Deaths

• March 18 - Norbert Wiener (born 1894)
• April 14 - Rachel Carson (born 1907)
• April 23 - Karl Polanyi (born 1886)

References

1. Sartre, Jean-Paul. "Sartre on the Nobel Prize". The New York Review of Books. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
2. "Sigmund-Freud-Preis". Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung. Archived from the original on 14 May 2011. Retrieved 3 February 2013.