1964 in philosophy
Events Jean-Paul Sartre was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, but he declined it, stating that a writer must "refuse to let himself be transformed into an institution, even if this occurs under the most honorable circumstances". The Sigmund Freud Prize was inaugurated in 1964.
Publications Lon L. Fuller, The Morality of Law (1964) Mao Zedong, Quotations from Chairman Mao (1964) Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man (1964) Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man (1964) Jürgen Moltmann, Theology of Hope (1964)
Births December 8 - Richard David Precht December 30 - Christof Rapp
Deaths March 18 - Norbert Wiener (born 1894) April 14 - Rachel Carson (born 1907) April 23 - Karl Polanyi (born 1886)
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