1838 in philosophy

Events

• May 21 - The People's Charter is drawn up in the United Kingdom, demanding universal suffrage
• July 15 - Ralph Waldo Emerson delivers the "Divinity School Address" at Harvard University
• University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy founded

Publications

• Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, De La Création, Essai sur L'Origine et la Progression des Êtres, 1st part
• S. D. Poisson, Recherches sur la probabilité des jugements en matière criminelle et en matière civile

Births

• January 16 - Franz Brentano (died 1917)
• February 16 - Henry Adams (died 1918)
• February 18 - Ernst Mach (died 1916)
• March 14 - Robert Flint (died 1910)
• September 2 - Bhaktivinoda Thakur (died 1914)
• December 20 - Edwin Abbott Abbott (died 1926)

Deaths

• March 13 - Poul Martin Møller (born 1794)