2004 in philosophy
# 2004 in philosophy

2004 in philosophy

## Events

* Jürgen Habermas was awarded the Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy for his "achievements in social philosophy, in particular [the] establishment of the communicative action theory and discourse ethics, and its application in practical activities for a public-minded ideal society".
* The Holberg Prize was inaugurated in 2004.

## Publications

* Harry G. Frankfurt, The Reasons of Love (2004)
* Seyla Benhabib, The Rights of Others (2004)
* Charles Larmore, The Practices of the Self (2004)
* Galen Strawson, Against Narrativity (2004)
* James Giles, The Nature of Sexual Desire (2004)

### Philosophical literature

* Pascal Mercier, Night Train to Lisbon (2004)

## Deaths

* May 9 - Alan Gewirth (born 1912)
* July 28 - Francis Crick (born 1916)
* October 9 - Jacques Derrida (born 1930)
* December 28 - Susan Sontag (born 1933)
