1918 in philosophy

Events

*August – Ludwig Wittgenstein completes his '' Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus''.

Publications

* William Inge – ''The Philosophy of Plotinus''

Births

* June 9 – John Hospers, American philosopher (died 2011) * October 16 –

Louis Althusser Louis Pierre Althusser (, ; ; 16 October 1918 – 22 October 1990) was a French Marxist philosopher. He was born in Algeria and studied at the École normale supérieure in Paris, where he eventually became Professor of Philosophy. Althusser ...

, French Marxist philosopher (died 1990)

Deaths

* April 4 – Hermann Cohen, German philosopher (born 1842) * May 30 –

Georgi Plekhanov Georgi Valentinovich Plekhanov (; rus, Гео́ргий Валенти́нович Плеха́нов, p=ɡʲɪˈorɡʲɪj vəlʲɪnˈtʲinəvʲɪtɕ plʲɪˈxanəf, a=Ru-Georgi Plekhanov-JermyRei.ogg; – 30 May 1918) was a Russian revoluti ...

, Russian revolutionary and philosopher (born 1856) * September 28 –

Georg Simmel Georg Simmel (; ; 1 March 1858 – 26 September 1918) was a German sociologist, philosopher, and critic. Simmel was influential in the field of sociology. Simmel was one of the first generation of German sociologists: his neo-Kantian approach l ...

, German sociologist and philosopher (born 1858)

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