1942 in philosophy was a critical year for the publication of a number of important works, during the worst days of World War II.
Events American Society for Aesthetics was founded in 1942.
Publications C. S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters (1942) Stephen Pepper, World Hypotheses (1942)
Philosophical literature Albert Camus, The Stranger (1942)
Births January 24 - Melvin Fitting, American logician February 24 - Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak March 28 - Daniel Dennett (died 2024) April 12 - Ellen Meiksins Wood (died 2016) April 22 - Giorgio Agamben April 26 - John Deely October 21 - Paul Churchland December 11 Derek Parfit (died 2017) John McDowell (unspecified) (born 1942)
Deaths February 22 - Stefan Zweig (born 1881) April 15 - Robert Musil (born 1880) December 21 - Franz Boas (born 1858)
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