1981 in philosophy
'''1981 in philosophy'''
Events
Publications
- Peter Singer, The Expanding Circle
- Alasdair MacIntyre, After Virtue
- Robert Nozick, Philosophical Explanations
- Jürgen Habermas, The Theory of Communicative Action
- Jean Baudrillard, ''Simulacra and Simulation''
Deaths
- January 5
- * Lanza del Vasto, Italian-born philosopher, poet and activist
- * Frederick Osborn
- February 1 - Morris Weitz
- February 20 - Ioannis Theodorakopoulos
- February 26 - Wilmon Henry Sheldon
- March 8 - Joseph Henry Woodger
- March 28 - Tadeusz Czeżowski
- June 16 - Julius Ebbinghaus
- July 27 - Paul Brunton
- August 5 - Jerzy Neyman
- September 2 - Knud Ejler Løgstrup
- September 8 - Nisargadatta Maharaj
- September 9 - Jacques Lacan
- September 23 - Notonagoro
- September 24 - Brahmarishi Hussain Sha
- September 29 - Ksenija Atanasijević
- October 3 - Tadeusz Kotarbiński
- October 7 - Huberto Rohden
- November 7 - Will Durant
- November 15 - Muhammad Husayn Tabatabaei
- December 2 - Alexis Kagame
- December 12 - J. L. Mackie
- Acharya Rameshwar Jha