1963 in philosophy
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1963 in philosophy was the year of the publication of a number of important works.
Events
- Martin Buber was awarded the Erasmus Prize in 1963.[1]
Publications
- Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem (1963)[2] and On Revolution (1963)[3]
- Donald Davidson, Actions, Reasons, and Causes (1963)[4]
- William Hardy McNeill, The Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community (1963)[5]
- Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique (1963)[6]
- Edmund Gettier, Is Justified True Belief Knowledge? (1963)[7]
- Richard Clyde Taylor, Metaphysics (1963)[8]
Deaths
- June 17 - John Cowper Powys (born 1872)[9]
- August 27 - W. E. B. Du Bois (born 1868)[10]
- November 22 - Aldous Huxley (born 1894)[11]
- November 22 - C. S. Lewis (born 1898)[12]
References
- ^ Mendes-Flohr, Paul (January 1, 2019). Martin Buber. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-15304-0. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
- ^ "The book that changed me: Hannah Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem and the problem of terrifying moral complacency". Find an Expert : The University of Melbourne. Archived from the original on 2025-07-21. Retrieved 2026-02-27.
- ^ Arendt, Hannah (1963). On Revolution. Penguin Classics.
- ^ Risjord, Mark (September 2005). "Reasons, Causes, and Action Explanation". Philosophy of the Social Sciences. 35 (3): 294–306. doi:10.1177/0048393105277987. ISSN 0048-3931.
- ^ "The Rise of the West: a history of the human community". unesdoc.unesco.org. Retrieved 2026-02-27.
- ^ "Publication of "The Feminine Mystique" by Betty Friedan". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 2026-02-27.
- ^ Gettier, Edmund L. (1963). "Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?". Analysis. 23 (6): 121–123. doi:10.1093/analys/23.6.121.
- ^ Taylor, Richard (1974). Metaphysics. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall.
- ^ "Death of John Cowper Powys | History Today". www.historytoday.com. Retrieved 2026-02-27.
- ^ "W. E. B. Du Bois Dies in Ghana; Negro Leader and Author, 95". archive.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2026-02-27.
- ^ "Aldous Huxley, Dying of Cancer, Left This World Tripping on LSD (1963) | Open Culture". Retrieved 2026-02-27.
- ^ "The Extraordinary Life and Overlooked Death of C. S. Lewis". Oxford Libraries Graduate Trainees. 2023-11-21. Retrieved 2026-02-27.