1945 in philosophy
Events January 1? - Jean-Paul Sartre refuses the Legion of Honour.
Publications Aldous Huxley, The Perennial Philosophy Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Phenomenology of Perception (Phénoménologie de la perception) Karl Popper, The Open Society and Its Enemies The Israeli philosophy journal Iyyun is founded.
Philosophical fiction Hermann Broch, The Death of Virgil (Der Tod des Vergil) George Orwell, Animal Farm Jean-Paul Sartre, The Age of Reason (L'âge de raison)
Births September 9 - Robert Alexy (died 2026) Philip Pettit
Deaths February 1 - Johan Huizinga (born 1872) April 13 - Ernst Cassirer (born 1874) June 7 - Kitaro Nishida (born 1870) July 20 - Paul Valéry (born 1871) December 22 - Otto Neurath (born 1882)
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