1949 in philosophy
# 1949 in philosophy

1949 in philosophy

## 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)
