Overview of the events of 2018 in philosophy
2018 in philosophy
Publications:
July 5 - Claude Lanzmann , French philosopher and documentary filmmaker (b. 1925 )
October 10 - Mary Midgley , British moral philosopher (b. 1919 )[2]
October 13 - Fabien Eboussi Boulaga , Cameroonian philosopher (b. 1934 )[3]
October 27 - Denis Miéville , Swiss mathematician and expert on the logic of Stanislaw Lesniewski and natural logic (b. 1946 )[4]
November 2 - Herbert Fingarette , American philosopher (b. 1921 )[5]
November 4 – Bertil Mårtensson , Swedish academic philosopher and writer of crime, fantasy and science fiction (b. 1945 )[6]
November 15 – Adolf Grünbaum , German-American philosopher of science and a critic of psychoanalysis , as well as Karl Popper 's philosophy of science (b. 1923 )[7]
December 23 – Sophie Oluwole , Nigerian philosopher (b. 1936 )[8] [9]
December 25 – Isaac Levi , John Dewey Professor of Philosophy Emeritus at Columbia University (b. 1930 )[10]
^ Schuessler, Jennifer (2018-10-30). "Martha Nussbaum Wins $1 Million Berggruen Prize" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2019-12-28 .
^ Weinberg, Justin (11 October 2018). "Mary Midgley (1919-2018)" . Daily Nous . Retrieved 11 October 2018 .
^ In Memoriam Fabien Eboussi Boulaga Une Constellation De Simplicité Et D’engagement. (in French)
^ Denis Miéville n’est plus (in French)
^ Roberts, Sam (15 November 2018). "Herbert Fingarette, Contrarian Philosopher on Alcoholism, Dies at 97" . The New York Times . Retrieved 15 November 2018 .
^ Glyer, Mike (5 November 2018). "RIP Bertil Mårtensson (1945-2018)" . File 770 . Retrieved 5 November 2018 .
^ "It is with sadness we report that our colleague, Adolf Grünbaum, died on November 15, 2018" . University of Pittsburgh . 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2018 .
^ "Sophie Oluwole (1936-2018)" . Daily Nous . 2018. Retrieved 27 December 2018 .
^ Ohai, Chux (25 December 2018). "Buhari, Tinubu, Ofeimun mourn as Sophie Oluwole dies at 83" . The Punch . Retrieved 25 December 2018 .
^ "Professor Isaac Levi (1930-2018)" . Columbia University Department of Philosophy. Archived from the original on 11 September 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2019 .