1859 in philosophy

Events

Publications

• John Stuart Mill, On Liberty (1859)
• Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species (1859) [Note: On the Origin of Species is not a philosophical text per se, but is nevertheless listed here for its enormous influence on philosophical thought.]

Births

• January 13 - Kostis Palamas (died 1943)
• April 8 - Edmund Husserl (died 1938)^[1]
• October 18 - Henri Bergson (died 1941)
• October 20 - John Dewey (died 1952)

Deaths

• April 16 - Alexis de Tocqueville (born 1805)
• May 6 - Alexander von Humboldt (born 1769)