1942 in philosophy
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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)
 
- Albert Camus, The Stranger (1942)
 
Births
- January 24 - Melvin Fitting, American logician
 - February 24 - Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
 - March 28 - Daniel Dennett
 - 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)