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1942 In Philosophy
1942 in philosophy Events * American Society for Aesthetics was founded in 1942. Publications * C. S. Lewis, '' The Screwtape Letters'' (1942) * Stephen Pepper, ''World Hypotheses'' (1942) Philosophical literature * Albert Camus, '' The Stranger'' (1942) Births * January 24 - Melvin Fitting, American logician * February 24 - Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak * March 28 - Daniel Dennett * April 12 - Ellen Meiksins Wood (died 2016) * April 22 - Giorgio Agamben * April 26 - John Deely * October 21 - Paul Churchland * December 11 Derek Parfit (died 2017) * John McDowell (unspecified) (born 1942) Deaths * February 22 - Stefan Zweig (born 1881) * April 15 - Robert Musil (born 1880) * December 21 - Franz Boas (born 1858) References {{Reflist Philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Society For Aesthetics
American Society for Aesthetics (ASA) is a philosophical organization founded in 1942 to promote the study of aesthetics. The ASA sponsors national and regional conferences, and publishes the ''Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism'', the ''American Society for Aesthetics Graduate Ejournal'', and the ''ASA Newsletter ASA as an abbreviation or initialism may refer to: Biology and medicine * Accessible surface area of a biomolecule, accessible to a solvent * Acetylsalicylic acid, aspirin * Advanced surface ablation, refractive eye surgery * Anterior spinal ...''. The organization also funds various projects. Awards * biennial John Fisher Memorial Prize in Aesthetics to an original essay in aesthetics * Monograph Prize for an outstanding monograph in the philosophy of art or aesthetics * Ted Cohen Prize (to honor Ted Cohen), founded in 2014 External links American Society for Aesthetics Records at San Diego UniversityAmerican Council of Learned Societies ASA ProfileAe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |