1948 in philosophy

Events

• January 28 - The Copleston–Russell debate, a debate between Bertrand Russell and Frederick Copleston on the existence of God is broadcast by the BBC in the United Kingdom.
• December 26 - The first series of Reith Lectures, Bertrand Russell on Authority and the Individual, begins broadcasting by the BBC.^[1]

Publications

• Erich Rothacker, Probleme der Kulturanthropologie (in German, not yet translated into English, 1948)
• Arnold J. Toynbee, Civilization on Trial (1948)
• Norbert Wiener, Cybernetics: Or Control and Communication in the Animal and the Machine (1948)

Births

• February 12 - Ray Kurzweil
• November 5 - Bernard-Henri Lévy
• November 30 - Hans Moravec

Deaths

• January 30 - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (born 1869)^[2]
• April 21 - Aldo Leopold (born 1887)