title: 1927 in philosophy
text: # 1927 in philosophy
  
  1927 in philosophy
  
  ## Events
  
  * Henri Bergson was awarded the 1927 Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of his rich and vitalizing ideas and the brilliant skill with which they have been presented".
  
  ## Publications
  
  * Bertrand Russell, Why I Am Not a Christian (1927)
  * George Sarton, Introduction to the History of Science (1927-1948)
  * Carl Schmitt, The Concept of the Political (1927)
  * Martin Heidegger, Being and Time (1927)
  
  ## Births
  
  * February 24 - Ernst Sieber, Swiss pastor (died 2018)
  * May 5 - Robert Spaemann, German Catholic philosopher (died 2018)
  * May 7 - Joseph Agassi, Israeli philosopher (died 2023)
  * September 4 - John McCarthy, American pioneer of Artificial Intelligence (died 2011)
  * September 23 - Klaus Heinrich, German philosopher of religion (died 2020)
  * October 23 - Leszek Kołakowski, Polish philosopher (died 2009)
  * October 31 - Edmund Gettier, American philosopher (died 2020)
  * December 20 - David Markson, American experimental novelist (died 2010)
  
  ## Deaths
  
  * March 31 - Kang Youwei (born 1858)
  