1957 in philosophy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Overview of the events of 1957 in philosophyList of years in philosophy … 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 … Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Philosophy Science+... vte 1957 in philosophy was a critical year for the publication of a number of important works. Albert Camus was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Publications Karl Jaspers, The Great Philosophers (originally published in German as Die großen Philosophen, 1957) Paul Tillich, Dynamics of Faith (1957) Bernard Lonergan, Insight: A Study of Human Understanding (1957) B. F. Skinner, Verbal Behavior (1957) Leopold Kohr, The Breakdown of Nations (1957) André Leroi-Gourhan, Prehistoric Man (1957) Northrop Frye, Anatomy of Criticism (1957) Noam Chomsky, Syntactic Structures (1957) Philosophical fiction Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged (1957) Max Frisch, Homo Faber (1957) Deaths March 20 - Charles Kay Ogden, English linguistic psychologist and polymath (born 1889)[1] October 13 - Erich Auerbach, German-born scholar of comparative literature and philologist (born 1892)[2] References ↑ "C.K. OGDEN DEAD; LANGUAGE EXPERT; Originator of 'Basic English, Designed to Serve as International Tongue Attacked Confusion". New York Times. 23 March 1957. Retrieved 11 November 2025. ↑ "ERICH AUERBACH OF YALE IS DEAD; Sterling Professor of French and Romance Philology, 64, Was Dante Authority". New York Times. October 15, 1957. Retrieved 11 November 2025. Related Articles