2012 in philosophy
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2012 in philosophy
Events
- Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak was awarded the Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy for being "a critical theorist and educator speaking for the humanities against intellectual colonialism in relation to the globalized world".[1]
- Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde was awarded the Sigmund Freud Prize.[2]
Publications
- Austin L. Hughes, The Folly of Scientism[3] (2012)
- Christine Overall, Why Have Children? The Ethical Debate (2012)
- Ronald W. Dworkin, Psychotherapy and the Pursuit of Happiness[4] (2012)
Deaths
- Frank Cioffi (January 1)[5]
- Arild Haaland (January 24)
- J. O. Urmson (January 29)
- John Hick (February 9)
- Ruth Barcan Marcus (February 19)[6]
- Frits Staal (February 19)
- Peter Serracino Inglott (March 16)
- Knut Erik Tranøy (March 19)
- Boris Parygin (April 9)
- Arturo Andrés Roig (April 30)
- Jean Laplanche (May 6)
- Peter Koslowski (May 15)
- Berthold Wulf (June 11)
- Roger Garaudy (June 13)
- Juha Sihvola (June 14)
- Alan Saunders (June 15)
- Hugo Adam Bedau (August 13)[7]
- Claude Sumner (June 24)
- Robert Kurz (July 18)
- Leonard Linsky (August 27)
- Alfred Schmidt (August 28)
- Ray Billington (September 1)[8]
- Paul Pojman (September 20)
- Yehuda Elkana (September 21)
- J. J. C. Smart (October 6)
- Piotr Lenartowicz (October 10)
- Mark Poster (October 10)
- Tomonubu Imamichi (October 13)
- Paul Kurtz (October 20)[9][10]
- Annette Baier (November 2)
- David Favrholdt (December 6)
- Henri Bortoft (December 29)
- Shunpei Ueyama (unspecified)
References
- ^ "The 2012 Kyoto Prize Laureate". Inamori Foundation. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- ^ "Sigmund-Freud-Preis". Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung. Retrieved 9 January 2013.
- ^ Hughes, Austin. "The Folly of Scientism" (PDF). The New Atlantis - A Journal of Technology & Society. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ^ Dworkin, Ronald W. (2012). "Psychotherapy and the Pursuit of Happiness" (PDF). The New Atlantis. Number 35: 69–83. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
- ^ Vitello, Paul (1 February 2012). "Frank Cioffi, Philosopher and Critic of Freud, Dies at 83". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
- ^ Fox, Margalit (13 March 2012). "Ruth Barcan Marcus, Philosopher-Logician, Dies at 90". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
- ^ Yardley, William (16 August 2012). "Hugo Bedau, Philosopher Who Opposed Death Penalty, Dies at 85". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
- ^ O'Grady, Jane (September 28, 2012). "Ray Billington obituary". 28 September 2012. London: The Guardian. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
- ^ Weber, Bruce (23 October 2012). "Paul Kurtz, 86, Humanist Publisher, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
- ^ Oppenheimer, Mark (1 October 2010). "Closer Look at Rift Between Humanists Reveals Deeper Divisions". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 January 2013.