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1949 in philosophy
Events
Publications
- Karl Jaspers, The Origin and Goal of History (1949); Note: Jaspers coined the term Axial Age.
 - Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac (1949)
 - Gilbert Ryle, The Concept of Mind (1949)
 - Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces (1949)
 - Jean Fourastié, Le Grand Espoir du XXe siècle (1949, no English translation available?)
 - Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex (1949)
 
Philosophical fiction
- George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949)
 
Births
- January 1 - Ljubodrag Simonović, Serbian philosopher, author and basketball player
 - January 2 - Iris Marion Young (died 2006)
 - January 11 - Jean-Paul Enthoven, French philosopher and publisher
 - March 21 - Slavoj Žižek, Slovenian cultural theorist
 - April 13 - Christopher Hitchens, British-American journalist (died 2011)
 - June 30 - Alain Finkielkraut
 - July 18 - Axel Honneth
 
Deaths
- November 23 - Gustav Radbruch (born 1878)
 
References
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