1998 in philosophy

Events

• The Indian philosopher and economist Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences "for his contributions to welfare economics".

  Publications

• Heinz von Foerster and Bernhard Pörksen, '
• John Searle, '
• Alan Gewirth, Self-Fulfillment
• Alessandro Ferrara, '
• Robert Audi, '
• T. M. Scanlon, What We Owe to Each Other

  Deaths

• February 17 - Ernst Jünger
• March 3 - Marc Sautet
• April 21 - Jean-François Lyotard