1948 in philosophy

Events

• January 28 - The Copleston–Russell debate, a debate between Bertrand Russell and Frederick Copleston on the existence of God is broadcast by the BBC in the United Kingdom.
• December 26 - The first series of Reith Lectures, Bertrand Russell on Authority and the Individual, begins broadcasting by the BBC.

Publications

• Erich Rothacker, Probleme der Kulturanthropologie
• Arnold J. Toynbee, Civilization on Trial
• Norbert Wiener, ''Cybernetics: Or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine''

Births

• February 12 - Ray Kurzweil
• November 5 - Bernard-Henri Lévy
• November 30 - Hans Moravec

Deaths

• January 30 - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
• April 21 - Aldo Leopold