title: 1937 in philosophy
text: # 1937 in philosophy
  
  1937 in philosophy
  
  ## Publications
  
  * E. E. Evans-Pritchard, Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic Among the Azande [Note: This work starts the so-called 'rationality debates' in anthropology and philosophy.]
  * Talcott Parsons, The Structure of Social Action
  * Bernard Shaw, The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism and Capitalism (Pelican Books paperback edition)
  * Charles Stevenson, The Emotive Meaning of Ethical Terms
  
  ## Births
  
  * January 17 - Alain Badiou
  * June 5 - Hélène Cixous
  * June 19 - André Glucksmann
  * July 3 - Tom Stoppard
  * July 4 - Thomas Nagel
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * March 6 - Rudolf Otto (born 1869)
  * March 15 - H. P. Lovecraft (born 1890)
  * April 27 - Antonio Gramsci (born 1891)
  * May 28 - Alfred Adler (born 1870)
  