1992 in philosophy

Events

• Karl Popper awarded the Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy for "symbolizing the open spirit of the 20th century" and for his "enormous influence on the formation of the modern intellectual climate".
• Günther Anders awarded the Sigmund Freud Prize.
• Anthropologist Robin Dunbar proposes Dunbar's number.
• Café philosophique founded by Marc Sautet in Paris.

  Publications

• The End of History and the Last Man
• Systems of Survival
• The Creators
• When Nietzsche Wept
• A History of the Mind
• Crispin Wright, Truth and Objectivity

  Births

Deaths

• January 16 - Ajahn Chah
• January 29 - Franciszek Indan Pykna
• February 27 - Algirdas Julien Greimas
• March 23 - Friedrich Hayek
• April 1 - Aous Shakra
• April 6 - Hywel Lewis
• August 5 - Juan David García Bacca
• August 29 - Félix Guattari
• October 2 - Bogdan Suchodolski
• October 7 - Allan Bloom
• October 15 - Oliver Franks, Baron Franks
• October 27 - David Bohm
• October 29 - Louis Marin
• November 27 - F. S. C. Northrop
• December 12 - Suzanne Lilar
• December 17 - Günther Anders
• December 19 - H. L. A. Hart
• Chen Chung-hwan
• Guy Sircello