2009 in philosophy
2009 in philosophy was an interesting year, with some significant publications by, and deaths of, philosophers.
Publications
- Jonathan Safran Foer, Eating Animals
- David Foster Wallace, This Is Water
- Catherine H. Zuckert, Plato's Philosophers: The Coherence of the Dialogues
- Elijah Millgram, Hard Truths
- Irving Singer, Philosophy of Love: A Partial Summing-Up
- Christine Korsgaard, Self-Constitution: Agency, Identity, and Integrity
- Brian Hines, Return to the One: Plotinus's Guide to God-Realization
- Christopher S. Hill, ''Consciousness''
Deaths
- January 12 - Arne Næss
- March 10 - Brian Barry
- March 16 - Marjorie Grene
- April 5 - Neil MacCormick
- May 14 - Benson Mates
- June 3 - Julius Moravcsik
- July 1 - David Pears
- July 17 - Leszek Kołakowski
- August 5 - Gerald Cohen
- September 13 - William Alston
- October 30 - Claude Lévi-Strauss
- December 4 - Stephen Toulmin