1992 in philosophy

Events

• Karl Popper awarded the Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy for "symbolizing the open spirit of the 20th century"^[1] and for his "enormous influence on the formation of the modern intellectual climate".^[1]
• Günther Anders awarded the Sigmund Freud Prize.^[2]
• Anthropologist Robin Dunbar proposes Dunbar's number.^[3]
• Café philosophique founded by Marc Sautet in Paris.

Publications

• The End of History and the Last Man
• Systems of Survival
• The Creators
• Points...: Interviews, 1974-1994
• When Nietzsche Wept (novel)
• A History of the Mind
• Crispin Wright, Truth and Objectivity

Births

Deaths

• January 16 - Ajahn Chah (born 1918)
• January 29 - Franciszek Indan Pykna (born 1913)
• February 27 - Algirdas Julien Greimas (born 1917)
• March 23 - Friedrich Hayek (born 1899)
• April 1 - Aous Shakra (born 1908)
• April 6 - Hywel Lewis (born 1910)
• August 5 - Juan David García Bacca (born 1901)
• August 29 - Félix Guattari (born 1930)
• October 2 - Bogdan Suchodolski (born 1903)
• October 7 - Allan Bloom (born 1930)
• October 15 - Oliver Franks, Baron Franks (born 1905)
• October 27 - David Bohm (born 1917)
• October 29 - Louis Marin (born 1931)
• November 27 - F. S. C. Northrop (born 1893)
• December 12 - Suzanne Lilar (born 1901)
• December 17 - Günther Anders (born 1902)
• December 19 - H. L. A. Hart (born 1907)
• Chen Chung-hwan
• Guy Sircello