1949 in philosophy
'''1949 in philosophy'''
Publications
- Karl Jaspers, The Origin and Goal of History ; Note: Jaspers coined the term Axial Age.
- Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac
- Gilbert Ryle, The Concept of Mind
- Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces
- Jean Fourastié, Le Grand Espoir du XXe siècle
- Simone de Beauvoir, ''The Second Sex''
[Philosophical fiction]
Births
- January 1 - Ljubodrag Simonović, Serbian philosopher, author and basketball player
- January 2 - Iris Marion Young
- January 11 - Jean-Paul Enthoven, French philosopher and publisher
- March 21 - Slavoj Žižek, Slovenian cultural theorist
- April 13 - Christopher Hitchens, British-American journalist
- June 30 - Alain Finkielkraut
- July 18 - Axel Honneth