1988 in philosophy

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1988 in philosophy

Events

• Paul Thieme was awarded the 1988 Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy for "he added immensely to our knowledge of Vedic and other classical Indian literature and provided a solid foundation to the study of the history of Indian thought".^[1]
• The Indian philosopher and writer Raja Rao was awarded the 1988 Neustadt International Prize for Literature.^[2]

Publications

• Ernst Mayr, Toward a New Philosophy of Biology (1988)
• Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time (1988)
• Hans Moravec, Mind Children: The Future of Robot and Human Intelligence (1988)
• Jürgen Habermas, Postmetaphysical Thinking (1988)

Deaths

• Ye Shengtao (February 16)
• Liang Shuming (June 23)
• Hans Urs von Balthasar (June 26)

References

1. "Paul Thieme". Inamori Foundation. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
2. "1988 NEUSTADT INTERNATIONAL PRIZE". World Literature Today - The University of Oklahoma. Retrieved 23 January 2013.