1988 in philosophy

Events

• Paul Thieme was awarded the 1988 Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy for "he added immensely to our knowledge of Vedic and other classical Indian literature and provided a solid foundation to the study of the history of Indian thought".
• The Indian philosopher and writer Raja Rao was awarded the 1988 Neustadt International Prize for Literature.

Publications

• Ernst Mayr, Toward a New Philosophy of Biology
• Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time
• Hans Moravec, Mind Children: The Future of Robot and Human Intelligence
• Jürgen Habermas, ''Postmetaphysical Thinking''

Deaths

• February 16 - Ye Shengtao
• June 23 - Liang Shuming
• June 26 - Hans Urs von Balthasar