1960 in philosophy

Events

• British Society of Aesthetics was founded in 1960.
• Dutch mathematician Hans Freudenthal invents the artificial language Lincos, intended for communication with extraterrestrial intelligence.

  Publications

• Elias Canetti, Crowds and Power
• Hans-Georg Gadamer, Truth and Method

  [Philosophical fiction]

• Raja Rao, The Serpent and the Rope

  Births

• February 27 - Simon Critchley, English philosopher
• June 25 - Vittorio Hösle, Italian-born German philosopher

  Deaths

• January 4 - Albert Camus, French author and philosopher
• February 8 - J. L. Austin, English philosopher of language