1998 in philosophy

Events

• The Indian philosopher and economist Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences "for his contributions to welfare economics".
• The American philosopher Robert L. Holmes was appointed to the newly established Rajiv Gandhi Chair in Peace and Disarmament at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India.

Publications

• Heinz von Foerster and Bernhard Pörksen, Wahrheit ist die Erfindung eines Lügners: Gespräche für Skeptiker
• John Searle, Mind, Language and Society: Philosophy in the Real World
• Alan Gewirth, Self-Fulfillment
• Alessandro Ferrara, Reflective Authenticity: Rethinking the Project of Modernity
• Robert Audi, Epistemology: A Contemporary Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge
• T. M. Scanlon, ''What We Owe to Each Other''

Deaths

• February 17 - Ernst Jünger
• March 3 - Marc Sautet
• April 21 - Jean-François Lyotard