1959 in philosophy
Events
Colin Murray Turbayne demonstrates in his publication "Berkeley's Two Concepts of Mind" that George Berkeley intended to transcend ontological idealism in order to embrace a more skeptical view of the presence of a universal substantial mind.Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers Shook, John. 2005 Biography of Colin Murray Turbayne on Google Books
Publications Ernest Gellner, Words and Things (1959) C. P. Snow, The Two Cultures (1959) Norman O. Brown, Life Against Death (1959) P. F. Strawson, Individuals: An Essay in Descriptive Metaphysics (1959) Erving Goffman, The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life (1959)
Births January 1 - Michel Onfray May 20 - Konrad Ott References