1948 in philosophy
# 1948 in philosophy

1948 in philosophy

## Events

* January 28 - The Copleston–Russell debate, a debate between Bertrand Russell and Frederick Copleston on the existence of God is broadcast by the BBC in the United Kingdom.
* December 26 - The first series of Reith Lectures, Bertrand Russell on Authority and the Individual, begins broadcasting by the BBC.

## Publications

* Erich Rothacker, Probleme der Kulturanthropologie (in German, not yet translated into English, 1948)
* Arnold J. Toynbee, Civilization on Trial (1948)
* Norbert Wiener, Cybernetics: Or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine (1948)

## Births

* February 12 - Ray Kurzweil
* November 5 - Bernard-Henri Lévy
* November 30 - Hans Moravec

## Deaths

* January 30 - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (born 1869)
* April 21 - Aldo Leopold (born 1887)
