2016 in philosophy
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Events
edit- Edward N. Zalta is awarded the 2016 Barwise Prize.
- Charles Taylor wins the inaugural million-dollar Berggruen Prize for Philosophy, awarded to "a thinker whose ideas are of broad significance for shaping human self-understanding and the advancement of humanity," in a ceremony at the New York Public Library.[1]
- Victor Caston, Anjan Chakravartty, Daniel Garber, and Richard Kraut are awarded Guggenheim Fellowships in philosophy.
- Christian Teichmann is presented a Hannah Arendt Award.
- Brian Skyrms receives the Hempel Award.
- Patrick Haggard is awarded the 2016 Jean Nicod Prize.
- Martha Nussbaum is awarded the Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy.
- Brian Epstein is awarded the Lakatos Award.
- Victoria Pitts-Taylor receives the PSA Women's Caucus Prize in Feminist Philosophy of Science.
- Jonathan Sacks is awarded the Templeton Prize.
- Jan Sokol is awarded The VIZE 97 Prize.
Publications
editThe following list is arranged alphabetically:
- Louis Althusser (Author), Étienne Balibar (Introduction & Contributor), Roger Establet (Contributor), Jacques Rancière (Contributor), Pierre Macherey (Contributor) – Reading Capital: The Complete Edition
- Jacques Derrida – Heidegger: The Question of Being and History
- Peter Singer, One World Now: The Ethics of Globalization (Yale University Press)
- Peter Sloterdijk, Foams: Spheres Volume III: Plural Spherology (2016)
Deaths
editBirth years link to the corresponding "[year] in philosophy" article:
- January 14 – Ellen Meiksins Wood, 73 (born 1942), American-born historian and political theorist.[2]
- February 19 – Umberto Eco, 84 (born 1932), Italian philosopher (Kant and the Platypus) and novelist (The Name of the Rose)[3]
- March 13 – Hilary Putnam, 89 (born 1926), American philosopher, mathematician and computer scientist.
References
edit- ^ Jennifer Schuessler "Canadian Philosopher Wins $1 Million Prize", The New York Times (October 4th, 2016).
- ^ Ellen Meiksins Wood, author and wife of Ed Broadbent, dead at 73 Archived 2016-01-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Umberto Eco, Author of 'The Name of the Rose,' Dead at 84
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