2018 in philosophy
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2018 in philosophy
Events
- Gualtiero Piccinini is awarded the 2018 Barwise Prize.
- Martha Nussbaum is awarded the Berggruen Prize for her work which "shows how philosophy, far from being merely an armchair discipline, offers a greater understanding of who we are, our place in the world, and a way to live a well-lived life."{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/30/arts/martha-nussbaum-berggruen-prize.html|title=Martha Nussbaum Wins $1 Million Berggruen Prize|last=Schuessler|first=Jennifer|date=2018-10-30|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-12-28|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}
- Lisa Shapiro is awarded the Elisabeth of Bohemia Prize.
- Sally Haslanger and John Heil are awarded Guggenheim Fellowships in philosophy.
- Ann Pettifor is presented a Hannah Arendt Award.
- Michael Stolleis receives a Hegel Prize.
- Nancy Cartwright receives the Hempel Award.
- Sabina Leonelli is awarded the Lakatos Award.
- Gillian Barker receives the PSA Women's Caucus Prize in Feminist Philosophy of Science.
- Saharon Shelah is awarded the 2018 Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy.
- Margarethe von Trotta is awarded the Theodor W. Adorno Award.
Publications
Publications:
- February 8 - Michel Foucault, Histoire de la sexualité, IV : Les aveux de la chair (Gallimard)
- February 19 – Tommie Shelby & Brandon Terry (ed.), To Shape a New World: Essays on the Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr. (Harvard University Press)
- February 22 - Robert L. Holmes, Introduction to Applied Ethics (Bloomsbury)
- March 4 – T. M. Scanlon, Why Does Inequality Matter? (Oxford University Press)
- May 22 - Errol Morris, The Ashtray (Or the Man Who Denied Reality)
- July 17 - Eugene Thacker, Infinite Resignation: On Pessimism (Repeater)
Deaths
- July 5 - Claude Lanzmann, French philosopher and documentary filmmaker (b. 1925)
- October 10 - Mary Midgley, British moral philosopher (b. 1919){{cite news|first=Justin|last=Weinberg|url=http://dailynous.com/2018/10/11/mary-midgley-1919-2018/|title=Mary Midgley (1919-2018)|work=Daily Nous|date=11 October 2018|accessdate=11 October 2018}}
- October 13 - Fabien Eboussi Boulaga, Cameroonian philosopher (b. 1934)[http://www.icicemac.com/2018/10/13/in-memoriam-fabien-eboussi-boulaga-une-constellation-de-simplicite-et-dengagement/ In Memoriam Fabien Eboussi Boulaga Une Constellation De Simplicité Et D’engagement.] {{in lang|fr}}
- October 27 - Denis Miéville, Swiss mathematician and expert on the logic of Stanislaw Lesniewski and natural logic (b. 1946)[https://www.rtn.ch/rtn/Actualite/Region/20181029-Denis-Mieville-n-est-plus.html Denis Miéville n’est plus] {{in lang|fr}}
- November 2 - Herbert Fingarette, American philosopher (b. 1921){{cite news|first=Sam|last=Roberts|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/15/obituaries/herbert-fingarette-dead.html|title=Herbert Fingarette, Contrarian Philosopher on Alcoholism, Dies at 97|work=The New York Times|date=15 November 2018|accessdate=15 November 2018}}
- November 4 – Bertil Mårtensson, Swedish academic philosopher and writer of crime, fantasy and science fiction (b. 1945){{cite news|first=Mike|last=Glyer|authorlink=Mike Glyer|url=http://file770.com/rip-bertil-martensson-1945-2018/|title=RIP Bertil Mårtensson (1945-2018)|work=File 770|date=5 November 2018|accessdate=5 November 2018}}
- November 15 – Adolf Grünbaum, German-American philosopher of science and a critic of psychoanalysis, as well as Karl Popper's philosophy of science (b. 1923){{cite news|url=https://www.hps.pitt.edu/news/it-sadness-we-report-our-colleague-adolf-gr-nbaum-died-november-15-2018|title=It is with sadness we report that our colleague, Adolf Grünbaum, died on November 15, 2018.|work=University of Pittsburgh|date=2018|accessdate=13 December 2018}}
- December 23 – Sophie Oluwole, Nigerian philosopher (b. 1936){{cite news|url=http://dailynous.com/2018/12/27/sophie-oluwole-1936-2018/|title=Sophie Oluwole (1936-2018).|work=Daily Nous|date=2018|accessdate=27 December 2018}}{{cite news|first=Chux|last=Ohai|url=https://punchng.com/buhari-tinubu-ofeimun-mourn-as-sophie-oluwole-dies-at-83/|title=Buhari, Tinubu, Ofeimun mourn as Sophie Oluwole dies at 83|work=The Punch|date=25 December 2018|accessdate=25 December 2018}}
- December 25 – Isaac Levi, John Dewey Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Columbia University (b. 1930){{cite web |title=Professor Isaac Levi (1930-2018) |url=https://philosophy.columbia.edu/content/professor-isaac-levi-1930-2018 |publisher=Columbia University Department of Philosophy |accessdate=5 January 2019 |archive-date=11 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200911015156/https://philosophy.columbia.edu/content/professor-isaac-levi-1930-2018 |url-status=dead }}