1941 in philosophy

Events

Publications

• Erich Fromm, Escape from Freedom
• Gershom Scholem, Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism

  [Philosophical literature]

• Jorge Luis Borges, The Library of Babel
• Maurice Blanchot, Thomas the Obscure

  Births

• January 22 - Jaan Kaplinski
• February 16 - John Brockman
• March 19 - Joxe Azurmendi
• May 24 - George Lakoff
• June 24 - Julia Kristeva
• August 23 - Onora O'Neill
• September 28 - David Lewis

  Deaths

• January 4 - Henri Bergson
• April 16 - Hans Driesch
• April 24 - Benjamin Lee Whorf
• August 7 - Rabindranath Tagore