1936 in philosophy

Events

Publications

• Jacques Maritain, Integral Humanism
• John Maynard Keynes, The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
• Walter Benjamin, The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
• Jean Piaget, The Origin of Intelligence in the Child
• A. J. Ayer, Language, Truth, and Logic
• Alan Watts, The Spirit of Zen

  Births

• January 31 – Michel Hulin
• February 18 - Ian Hacking
• August 26 - Benedict Anderson
• November 28 - Carol Gilligan

  Deaths

• April 9 - Ferdinand Tönnies
• May 8 - Oswald Spengler
• June 12 - Karl Kraus
• June 14 - G. K. Chesterton
• June 22 - Moritz Schlick
• July 25 - Heinrich Rickert
• December 31 - Miguel de Unamuno