1952 in philosophy
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1952 in philosophy
Events
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Publications
- Lewis White Beck, Philosophic Inquiry: An Introduction to Philosophy (1952)[https://books.google.com/books?id=G0W0vgEACAAJ Philosophical inquiry: An Introduction to Philosophy. Beck, Lewis White. Prentice Hall 1952 Lewis White Beck on Google Books]
- Jacques Maritain, The Range of Reason (1952, original publication?)
- Paul Tillich, The Courage to Be (1952)
- C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity (1952)
- Leo Strauss, Persecution and the Art of Writing (1952)
- Simone Weil, Gravity and Grace (1952)
Births
- March 11 - Douglas Adams (died 2001)
- March 12 - André Comte-Sponville
- April 1 - Bernard Stiegler
- April 9 - Christine Korsgaard
- April 9 - Robert Zubrin
- April 15 - Avital Ronell
- August 8 - Jostein Gaarder
- October 27 - Francis Fukuyama
- Galen Strawson (unknown)
- Manuel de Landa (unknown)
Deaths
- May 6 - Maria Montessori (born 1870)
- June 1 - John Dewey (born 1859){{cite news|title=Dr. John Dewey Dead at 92; Philosopher a Noted Liberal|url=https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/1020.html|accessdate=23 January 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=2 June 1952}}{{cite web|last=Field|first=Richard|title=John Dewey (1859—1952)|url=http://www.iep.utm.edu/dewey/|publisher=The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (IEP)|accessdate=23 January 2013}}
- September 26 - George Santayana (born 1863){{cite web|last=Saatkamp|first=Herman|title=George Santayana|url=http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2010/entries/santayana/|publisher=The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (SEP)|accessdate=23 January 2013}}{{cite web|last=Caleb Flamm|first=Matthew|title=George Santayana (1863—1952)|url=http://www.iep.utm.edu/santayan/|publisher=The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (IEP)|accessdate=23 January 2013}}
- November 20 - Benedetto Croce (born 1866)