1992 in philosophy

1992 in philosophy

Events

Karl Popper awarded the Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy for "symbolizing the open spirit of the 20th century"{{cite web|title=Karl Raimund Popper|url=http://www.inamori-f.or.jp/laureates/k08_c_karl/prf_e.html|publisher=Inamori Foundation|accessdate=9 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523175543/http://www.inamori-f.or.jp/laureates/k08_c_karl/prf_e.html|archive-date=2013-05-23|url-status=dead}} and for his "enormous influence on the formation of the modern intellectual climate".
Günther Anders awarded the Sigmund Freud Prize.{{cite web|title=Sigmund-Freud-Preis|url=http://www.deutscheakademie.de/preise_freud.html|publisher=Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung|accessdate=9 January 2013|archive-date=14 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514044609/http://www.deutscheakademie.de/preise_freud.html|url-status=dead}}
Anthropologist Robin Dunbar proposes Dunbar's number.{{cite journal|last=Dunbar|first=R. I. M.|title=Neocortex size as a constraint on group size in primates|doi=10.1016/0047-2484(92)90081-J|journal=Journal of Human Evolution|volume=22|issue=6|pages=469–493|year=1992|doi-access=free}}
Café philosophique founded by Marc Sautet in Paris.