1985 in philosophy
Events Lewis White Beck contributes to the establishment of the North American Kant Society in the United States.Kantian Review, Vol 1 1997 Cambridge University Press 2011 pp. 186-187 See "In Memoriam: Leiws White Beck (1913-1997)" Ralph Meerbolt. Lewis White Beck on cambridge.org
Publications Nick Herbert, Quantum Reality: Beyond the New Physics (1985) Mou Zongsan, 圓善論 (Chinese; not yet translated into English) (1985) Bernard Williams, Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy (1985) Amartya Sen, Commodities and Capabilities (1985) Richard Clyde Taylor, Ethics, Faith and Reason (1985) Jürgen Habermas, The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity (1985) Between the Species (begins publication)
Deaths January 19 - Eric Voegelin (born 1901) April 7 - Carl Schmitt (born 1888) June 12 - Helmuth Plessner (born 1892)
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