2004 in philosophy

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2004 in philosophy

Events

• Jürgen Habermas was awarded the Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy for his "achievements in social philosophy, in particular [the] establishment of the communicative action theory and discourse ethics, and its application in practical activities for a public-minded ideal society".
• The Holberg Prize was inaugurated in 2004.

Publications

• Harry G. Frankfurt, The Reasons of Love (2004)
• Seyla Benhabib, The Rights of Others (2004)
• Charles Larmore, The Practices of the Self (2004)
• Galen Strawson, Against Narrativity (2004)
• James Giles, The Nature of Sexual Desire (2004)

Philosophical literature

• Pascal Mercier, Night Train to Lisbon (2004)

Deaths

• May 9 - Alan Gewirth (born 1912)
• July 28 - Francis Crick (born 1916)
• October 9 - Jacques Derrida (born 1930)
• December 28 - Susan Sontag (born 1933)