1940 in philosophy
'''1940 in philosophy'''
Events
- July - Jean-Paul Sartre is taken prisoner by the Germans.
- September 26 or 27 – Walter Benjamin, literary critic and writer, died at the age of 48 when he committed suicide in an effort to avoid capture by the Gestapo.
Publications
- G. H. Hardy, A Mathematician's Apology
- Nicolai Hartmann, Der Aufbau der realen Welt
- Arnold Gehlen, ''Man: His Nature and Place in the World''
Births
- May 7 - Michael Allen Fox
- June 21 - Michael Ruse
- July 26 - Jean-Luc Nancy
- August 20 - Jacques Bouveresse
- November 13 - Saul Kripke
- November 27 - Bruce Lee
- T. M. Scanlon
- Tu Weiming
- Fatema Mernissi
- Michael Jackson
Deaths
- March 1 - A. H. Tammsaare
- May 14 - Emma Goldman
- August 21 - Leon Trotsky
- September 26 - Walter Benjamin ''see Events section above''