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Events

Publications

* Jan Smuts, ''

Holism and Evolution ''Holism and Evolution'' is a 1926 book by South African statesman Jan Smuts, in which he coined the word "holism", although Smuts' meaning differs from the modern concept of holism. Smuts defined holism as the "fundamental factor operative towa ...

'' (1926) ote: The term ''holism'' was coined by the author.* Nicolai Hartmann, ''Ethik'' (1926) * Will Durant, ''

The Story of Philosophy ''The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers'' is a 1926 book by Will Durant, in which he profiles several prominent Western philosophers and their ideas, beginning with Socrates and Plato and on through Friedrich ...

'' (1926) * Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, '' The Hindu View of Life'' (1926)

Births

* January 3 - Robert Misrahi * January 4 -

Marcus George Singer Marcus George Singer (January 4, 1926 – February 21, 2016) was an American philosopher. His works include ''Generalization in Ethics – An Essay in the Logic of Ethics, with the Rudiments of a System of Moral Philosophy'' (1961). Personal life M ...

(died 2016) * January 14 -

Peter Winch Peter Guy Winch (14 January 1926 – 27 April 1997) was a British philosopher known for his contributions to the philosophy of social science, Wittgenstein scholarship, ethics, and the philosophy of religion. Winch is perhaps most famous f ...

, British philosopher of social science (died 1997) * January 17 - Shizuteru Ueda, Japanese philosopher of religion * February 1 -

Leonardo Polo Leonardo Polo (February 1, 1926 – February 9, 2013) was a renowned Spanish philosopher best known for his philosophical method called ''abandonment of the mental limit'' and the profound philosophical implications and results of the applicatio ...

(died 2013) * April 6 - Edward Grant * April 9 -

John E. Thomas John Edward Thomas (9 April 1926 – 14 October 1996) was a British-born Canadian philosopher and pioneer of medical ethics in Canada. Biography Early life and education Born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales in 1926, John Thomas moved to Birmingh ...

(died 1996) * April 29 -

Renford Bambrough John Renford Bambrough (29 April 1926 – 17 January 1999) was a British philosopher. He was fellow of St John's College, Cambridge from 1950-1999, where he held the positions of Dean (1964–1979) and President (1979–1983). Life John Renfor ...

* June 6 -

José María Valverde José María Valverde Pacheco (26 January 1926, Valencia de Alcántara (Cáceres) – 6 June 1996, Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community o ...

(died 1996) * June 25 - Ingeborg Bachmann (died 1973) * June 26 - Karel Kosík (died 2003) * July 8 - David Malet Armstrong * July 31 -

Hilary Putnam Hilary Whitehall Putnam (; July 31, 1926 – March 13, 2016) was an American philosopher, mathematician, and computer scientist, and a major figure in analytic philosophy in the second half of the 20th century. He made significant contributions ...

(died 2016) * August 2 -

Herbert McCabe Herbert John Ignatius McCabe (2 August 192628 June 2001) was a Dominican priest, theologian and philosopher. Life Herbert McCabe was born in Middlesbrough in the North Riding of Yorkshire. He studied chemistry at Manchester University, but i ...

(died 2001) * August 7 -

Arthur Chute McGill Arthur Chute McGill (1926–1980) was a Canadian-born American theologian and philosopher. Biography Born in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, on August 7, 1926, McGill moved to Brookline, Massachusetts, later that year where he attended Rivers Country D ...

, Canadian-born American theologian and philosopher (died 1980) * August 12 (''probable'') -

Jamal Khwaja Jamal Khwaja (or, Ahmad Jamal Yusuf Khwaja, 12 August 1926Jamal Khwaja was born in August 1926. However most official documents show his date of birth as 1928. This error somehow crept into the record and has become a source of confusion amongs ...

, Indian philosopher * August 18 - Herbert Thomas Mandl (died 2007) * August 21 - Erwin Marquit (died 2015) * September 1 -

Stanley Cavell Stanley Louis Cavell (; September 1, 1926 – June 19, 2018) was an American philosopher. He was the Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value at Harvard University. He worked in the fields of ethics, aesthetics, an ...

(died 2018) * September 23 -

Hugo Adam Bedau Hugo Adam Bedau (September 23, 1926 – August 13, 2012) was the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, at Tufts University, and is best known for his work on capital punishment. He has been called a "leading anti-death-penalty ...

* September 24 -

Louis H. Mackey Louis Henry Mackey (September 24, 1926 – March 25, 2004) was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. Early life Louis Henry Mackey was born in Sidney, Ohio in 1926. After earning a B.A. at Capital University in Colum ...

(died 2004) * October 15 -

Michel Foucault Paul-Michel Foucault (, ; ; 15 October 192625 June 1984) was a French philosopher, historian of ideas, writer, political activist, and literary critic. Foucault's theories primarily address the relationship between power and knowledge, and how ...

(died 1984) * October 29 -

Joel Feinberg Joel Feinberg (October 19, 1926 in Detroit, Michigan – March 29, 2004 in Tucson, Arizona) was an American political and legal philosopher. He is known for his work in the fields of ethics, action theory, philosophy of law, and political phil ...

(died 2004) * September 4 - George Dickie * September 4 - Ivan Illich (died 2002) * October 9 -

Hans Skjervheim Hans Skjervheim (9 October 1926 – 22 February 1999) was a Norwegian philosopher. He was born in Voss. He was a research fellow at the University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a pu ...

* December 13 -

Truman G. Madsen Truman Grant Madsen (13 December 1926 – 28 May 2009) was a professor of religion and philosophy at Brigham Young University (BYU) and director of the Brigham Young University Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies. He was a prolific author ...

(died 2009) * December 25 -

Eugene Gendlin Eugene Tovio Gendlin (born Eugen Gendelin; 25 December 1926 – 1 May 2017) was an American philosopher who developed ways of thinking about and working with living process, the bodily felt sense and the "philosophy of the implicit". Though he had ...

, Austrian-born American philosopher (died 2017) *''date unknown'' **

Abdoldjavad Falaturi Abdoldjavad Falaturi (1926–1996) ( fa, عبدالجواد فلاطوری) was a German scholar of Iranian origin. Education He attended a German-Persian high school in his hometown of Isfahan and took private lessons in Arabic literature and ...

, German scholar of Iranian origin (died 1996) ** William Alvin Howard **

Kai Nielsen Kai Nielsen is the name of: * Kai Nielsen (footballer) * Kaj Nielsen (footballer) * Kai Nielsen (sculptor) (1882–1924), Danish sculptor * Kai Nielsen (philosopher) (1926–2021), American, Canada-based professor of philosophy * Sixten Kai Niel ...

, Canadian philosopher ** Hartley Rogers, Jr., mathematician working in recursion theory (died 2015)

Deaths

* March 7 -

Carl Nicolai Starcke Carl Nicolai Starcke (29 March 1858 in Copenhagen – 7 March 1926 in Copenhagen) was a Danish sociologist, politician, educator and philosopher. He is buried at Holmens Cemetery. He was the father of Viggo Starcke, another writer and publisher ...

(born 1858) * April 17 -

Anna Willess Williams Anna Willess Williams (1857 – April 17, 1926) was a teacher and philosophical writer best known as the model for George T. Morgan, George T. Morgan's silver dollar design, popularly known as the Morgan dollar. Morgan dollar In 1876, George ...

(born 1852) * June 21 -

Paul Souriau Paul Souriau (1852–1926) was a French philosopher known for his works on invention theory and aesthetics. Biography He studied at the École normale supérieure where he wrote a doctoral thesis entitled ''Théorie de l'invention'' published ...

(born 1852) * September 15 - Rudolf Christoph Eucken (born 1846) * December 23 - Swami Shraddhanand (born 1856)

References

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