1902 in philosophy

Events

• The 1902 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Theodor Mommsen, "the greatest living master of the art of historical writing, with special reference to his monumental work, A history of Rome".^[1]

Publications

• Pierre-Simon Laplace, A Philosophical Essay on Probabilities (English translation: 1902)
• William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902)
• Benedetto Croce, Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic (1902)
• Peter Kropotkin, Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution (1902)

Births

• July 28 - Karl Popper (died 1994)
• December 28 - Mortimer J. Adler (died 2001)

Deaths