1927 in philosophy

Events

• Henri Bergson was awarded the 1927 Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of his rich and vitalizing ideas and the brilliant skill with which they have been presented".

  Publications

• Bertrand Russell, Why I Am Not a Christian
• George Sarton, Introduction to the History of Science
• Carl Schmitt, The Concept of the Political
• Martin Heidegger, Being and Time

  Births

• February 24 - Ernst Sieber, Swiss pastor
• May 5 - Robert Spaemann
• September 4 - John McCarthy
• September 23 - Klaus Heinrich
• October 23 - Leszek Kołakowski
• October 31 - Edmund Gettier
• December 20 - David Markson

  Deaths

• March 31 - Kang Youwei