1985 in philosophy
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1985 in philosophy
Events
- Lewis White Beck contributes to the establishment of the North American Kant Society in the United States.[https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/kantian-review/listing?q=Lewis+White+Beck&searchWithinIds=D3E55E88C6269FFD657D4E68B193ADAB&fts=yes Kantian Review, Vol 1 1997 Cambridge University Press 2011 pp. 186-187 See "In Memoriam: Leiws White Beck (1913-1997)" Ralph Meerbolt. Lewis White Beck on cambridge.org]
Publications
- Nick Herbert, Quantum Reality: Beyond the New Physics (1985)
- Mou Zongsan, 圓善論 (Chinese; not yet translated into English) (1985)
- Bernard Williams, Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy (1985)
- Amartya Sen, Commodities and Capabilities (1985)
- Richard Clyde Taylor, Ethics, Faith and Reason (1985)
- Jürgen Habermas, The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity (1985)
- Between the Species (begins publication)
Deaths
- January 19 - Eric Voegelin (born 1901){{cite news|title=Eric Voegelin, Philosopher, Author and Professor, Dies|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/23/arts/eric-voegelin-philosopher-author-and-professor-dies.html|accessdate=14 January 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=23 January 1985}}
- April 7 - Carl Schmitt (born 1888){{cite web|title=Carl Schmitt|url=http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/schmitt/|publisher=Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy|accessdate=14 January 2013}}
- June 12 - Helmuth Plessner (born 1892)