1942 in philosophy
1942 in philosophy was a critical year for the publication of a number of important works, during the worst days of World War II.
Events
- American Society for Aesthetics was founded in 1942.
Publications
[Philosophical literature]
- Albert Camus, ''The Stranger''
Births
- January 24 - Melvin Fitting, American logician
- February 24 - Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
- March 28 - Daniel Dennett
- April 12 - Ellen Meiksins Wood
- April 22 - Giorgio Agamben
- April 26 - John Deely
- October 21 - Paul Churchland
- December 11 Derek Parfit
- John McDowell