1964 in philosophy

Events

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, but he declined it, stating that a writer must "refuse to let himself be transformed into an institution, even if this occurs under the most honorable circumstances". * The Sigmund Freud Prize was inaugurated in 1964.

Publications

Lon L. Fuller Lon Luvois Fuller (June 15, 1902 – April 8, 1978) was an American legal philosopher, who criticized legal positivism and defended a secular and procedural form of natural law theory. Fuller was a professor of Law at Harvard University for many ...

, ''The Morality of Law'' (1964) * Mao Zedong, '' Quotations from Chairman Mao'' (1964) *

Herbert Marcuse Herbert Marcuse (; ; July 19, 1898 – July 29, 1979) was a German-American philosopher, social critic, and political theorist, associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory. Born in Berlin, Marcuse studied at the Humboldt University ...

, '' One-Dimensional Man'' (1964) *

Marshall McLuhan Herbert Marshall McLuhan (July 21, 1911 – December 31, 1980) was a Canadian philosopher whose work is among the cornerstones of the study of media theory. He studied at the University of Manitoba and the University of Cambridge. He began his ...

, '' Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man'' (1964) * Jürgen Moltmann, '' Theology of Hope'' (1964)

Births

* December 8 - Richard David Precht * December 30 -

Christof Rapp Christof is a masculine given name. It is a German variant of Christopher. Notable people with the name include: *Christof Babatz (born 1974), German former professional footballer *Christof Duffner (born 1971), German former ski jumper *Christof E ...

Deaths

* March 18 -

Norbert Wiener Norbert Wiener (November 26, 1894 – March 18, 1964) was an American mathematician and philosopher. He was a professor of mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). A child prodigy, Wiener later became an early researcher i ...

(born 1894) * April 14 - Rachel Carson (born 1907) * April 23 - Karl Polanyi (born 1886)

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