title: 1917 in philosophy
text: # 1917 in philosophy
  
  1917 in philosophy
  
  ## Births
  
  * August 25 - J. L. Mackie (died 1981)
  * September 26 - Tran Duc Thao (died 1993)
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * March 17 - Franz Brentano (born 1838)
  