1950 in philosophy
Overview of the events of 1950 in philosophy
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1950 in philosophy
Events
- Bertrand Russell was awarded the 1950 Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought".[1]
Publications
- Martin Heidegger, Off the Beaten Track including the essay The Origin of the Work of Art (originally published in German as Holzwege in 1950)
- Norbert Wiener, The Human Use of Human Beings (1950)
- Ernst Gombrich, The Story of Art (1950)
- Alan Turing, Computing Machinery and Intelligence (1950)
Births
- September 9 - Seyla Benhabib
Deaths
- February 2 - Constantin Carathéodory (born 1873)
- March 1 - Alfred Korzybski (born 1879)
- September 6 - Olaf Stapledon (born 1886)
- October 9 - Nicolai Hartmann (born 1882)[2]
