2007 in philosophy
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2007 in philosophy
Events
- The French philosopher André Gorz has committed suicide together with his incurably ill wife, Dorine, on the 22nd of September 2007 in Vosnon, France.[1] The French news agency Agence France-Presse stated that "the couple were found by a friend side by side in their home southeast of Paris surrounded by letters written to close friends and relatives."[2]
Publications
- Charles Taylor, A Secular Age (2007)
- Alan Weisman, The World Without Us (2007)
- John A. Leslie, Immortality Defended (2007)
- Christopher Janaway, Beyond Selflessness: Reading Nietzsche's Genealogy (2007)
- Richard Kraut, What Is Good and Why: The Ethics of Well-Being (2007)
- Owen Flanagan, The Really Hard Problem: Meaning in a Material World (2007)
- Lorraine Daston and Peter Galison, Objectivity (2007)
Deaths
- Jean Baudrillard (March 6)
- Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker (April 28)
- Richard Rorty (June 8)
- André Gorz (September 22)
References
- ↑ Turner, Chris (7 November 2007). "André Gorz - French philosopher who pioneered ideas of political ecology". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ↑ "French philosopher commits suicide with wife". Agence France-Presse. 24 September 2007. Retrieved 23 January 2013.