1948 in philosophy

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1948 in philosophy

Events

• January 28 - A debate between Bertrand Russell and Frederick Copleston on the existence of God is broadcast by the BBC in the United Kingdom.
• December 26 - The first series of Reith Lectures, Bertrand Russell on Authority and the Individual, begins broadcasting by the BBC.^[1]

Publications

• Erich Rothacker, Probleme der Kulturanthropologie (in German, not yet translated into English, 1948)
• Arnold J. Toynbee, Civilization on Trial (1948)
• Norbert Wiener, Cybernetics: Or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine (1948)

Births

• Ray Kurzweil (February 12)
• Bernard-Henri Lévy (November 5)
• Hans Moravec (November 30)

Deaths

• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (January 30)^[2]
• Aldo Leopold (April 21)

References

1. "1940s" (PDF). The BBC Story. BBC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-12-18. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
2. "Mohandas K. Gandhi: The Indian Leader at Home and Abroad". The New York Times. 31 January 1948. Retrieved 23 January 2013.