1986 in philosophy Publications Saunders Mac Lane, Mathematics, Form and Function Hans Blumenberg, Lebenszeit und Weltzeit (not yet translated into English) David Gauthier, Morals by Agreement David Lewis, On the Plurality of Worlds Martha Nussbaum, The Fragility of Goodness Thomas Nagel, The View from Nowhere

Deaths January 9 - Michel de Certeau (born 1925) February 17 - Jiddu Krishnamurti (born 1895) February 19 - André Leroi-Gourhan (born 1911) April 14 - Simone de Beauvoir (born 1908)

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