1998 in philosophy
# 1998 in philosophy

1998 in philosophy

## Events

* The Indian philosopher and economist Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences "for his contributions to welfare economics".

## Publications

* Heinz von Foerster and Bernhard Pörksen, Wahrheit ist die Erfindung eines Lügners: Gespräche für Skeptiker (published in German in 1998; not yet published in English)
* John Searle, Mind, Language and Society: Philosophy in the Real World (1998)
* Alan Gewirth, Self-Fulfillment (1998)
* Alessandro Ferrara, Reflective Authenticity: Rethinking the Project of Modernity (1998)
* Robert Audi, Epistemology: A Contemporary Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge (1998)
* T. M. Scanlon, What We Owe to Each Other (1998)

## Deaths

* February 17 - Ernst Jünger (born 1895)
* March 3 - Marc Sautet (born 1947)
* April 21 - Jean-François Lyotard (born 1924)
