1957 in philosophy
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1957 in philosophy was a critical year for the publication of a number of important works.
Events
- Albert Camus was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Publications
- Karl Jaspers, The Great Philosophers (originally published in German as Die großen Philosophen, 1957)
- Paul Tillich, Dynamics of Faith (1957)
- Bernard Lonergan, Insight: A Study of Human Understanding (1957)
- B. F. Skinner, Verbal Behavior (1957)
- Leopold Kohr, The Breakdown of Nations (1957)
- André Leroi-Gourhan, Prehistoric Man (1957)
- Northrop Frye, Anatomy of Criticism (1957)
- Noam Chomsky, Syntactic Structures (1957)
- Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged (1957)
- Max Frisch, Homo Faber (1957)
Deaths
- March 20 - Charles Kay Ogden, English linguistic psychologist and polymath (born 1889)[1]
- October 13 - Erich Auerbach, German-born scholar of comparative literature and philologist (born 1892)[2]
References
- ^ "C.K. OGDEN DEAD; LANGUAGE EXPERT; Originator of 'Basic English, Designed to Serve as International Tongue Attacked Confusion". New York Times. 23 March 1957. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ^ "ERICH AUERBACH OF YALE IS DEAD; Sterling Professor of French and Romance Philology, 64, Was Dante Authority". New York Times. October 15, 1957. Retrieved 11 November 2025.