1951 in philosophy was a critical year for the publication of a number of important works.
Events
Publications Theodor W. Adorno, Minima Moralia Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism Kenneth Arrow, Social Choice and Individual Values, popularizing social choice theory and Arrow's impossibility theorem Albert Camus, The Rebel (L'Homme révolté) Eric Hoffer, The True Believer Karl Huber (executed 1943), Leibniz Marshall McLuhan, The Mechanical Bride: Folklore of Industrial Man Hans Reichenbach, The Rise of Scientific Philosophy Willard Van Orman Quine, "Two Dogmas of Empiricism," The Philosophical Review
Births January 1 - Luc Ferry January 14 - Jonathan Westphal June 2 - François Jullien
Deaths January 5 - Andrei Platonov (born 1899) January 7 - René Guénon (born 1886) April 4 - Sadegh Hedayat (born 1903) April 29 - Ludwig Wittgenstein (born 1889)
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