1986 in philosophy

Publications

• Saunders Mac Lane, Mathematics, Form and Function
• Hans Blumenberg, Lebenszeit und Weltzeit
• David Gauthier, Morals by Agreement
• David Lewis, On the Plurality of Worlds
• Martha Nussbaum, The Fragility of Goodness
• Thomas Nagel, ''The View from Nowhere''

Deaths

• January 9 - Michel de Certeau
• February 17 - Jiddu Krishnamurti
• February 19 - André Leroi-Gourhan
• April 14 - Simone de Beauvoir