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)
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