2014 in philosophy
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2014 in philosophy
Events
- July 16-19 - The Charles S. Pierce International Centennial Congress was held at the University of Massachusetts Lowell in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the death of Charles Sanders Peirce. According to the Charles S. Peirce Foundation, "the aim of the Centennial Congress is to advance scholarship on all aspects of Peirce's thought and biography, and to investigate the relevance and potential of his philosophy for the 21st century - for contemporary philosophical debates and beyond".[1]
- September 25-27 - Faith and Reason: Themes from Swinburne was held at Purdue University in celebration of the life and works of Richard Swinburne. Various philosophers presented in the conference, some of whom include: Alvin Plantinga, Dean Zimmerman, Eleonore Stump, Laura Ekstrom, Marilyn McCord Adams, Nicholas Wolterstorff, Paul Draper and Peter van Inwagen.[2]
Publications
- Louis Althusser - On The Reproduction Of Capitalism: Ideology And Ideological State Apparatuses
- Sam Harris - Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
- Lee Smolin & Roberto Mangabeira Unger - The Singular Universe and the Reality of Time
- Peter Sloterdijk - Globes: Spheres Volume II: Macrospherology
- Valtteri Viljanen - Spinoza's Geometry of Power
Deaths
- E. J. Lowe (January 5)
- Israel Scheffler (February 16)
- Luis Villoro (March 5)
- Ted Cohen (March 14)
- James Higginbotham (April 21)
- David Malet Armstrong (May 13)
- Fred Sommers (October 2)
- Patrick Suppes (November 17)
- Nathaniel Branden (December 3)
References
- ↑ "The Charles S. Peirce International Centennial Congress 2014". The Charles S. Peirce Foundation. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
- ↑ http://www.conf.purdue.edu/landing_pages/swinburne/index.html
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