The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has announced the recipients of its latest round of grants, and seven eight philosophers are among those who have been funded.
They are:
Richard Cross
(University of Notre Dame)
The Metaphysics of Christology: William of Ockham to Gabriel Biel
Research and writing leading to publication of a book on the theological debates about the divine and human nature of Christ from 1310 to 1500.
$60,000 (Fellowship)
Patrick Frierson
(Whitman College)
Maria Montessori’s Moral Philosophy
Research and writing leading to publication of a book on the moral philosophy of physician and educator Maria Montessori (1870-1952).
$40,000 (Fellowship)
Andrew Kissel with co-project directors Krzysztof Rechowicz and John Shull
(Old Dominion University)
Philosophical Thought Experiments in Virtual Reality
The development and testing of virtual reality-based philosophical thought experiments for both classroom teaching and research. $100,000 (Digital Humanities Advancement Grant)
Katharina Kraus
(University of Notre Dame)
Individuality and Interconnectedness: Essays on the Enlightenment Idea of Harmony
Research and writing leading to publication of three articles on the idea of systemic order in Enlightenment philosophy. $60,000 (Fellowship)
Peter Levine with co-project director Hilary Binda
(Tufts University)
Civic Humanities and Decarceration
Course revision and curriculum development in Civic Studies and in programs for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated students. $186,917 (Humanities Initiatives: Colleges and Universities)
Samuel Newlands
(University of Notre Dame)
A Spinozistic Reading of Early Modern Metaphysics
Research and writing leading to publication of a book on Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza’s (1632–1677) influence on the development of early modern metaphysics. $60,000 (Fellowship)
Christopher Pincock
(Ohio State University)
Scientific Explanation, Inference, and Realism
Research and writing leading to publication of a book that defends scientific realism. $60,000 (Fellowship)
Susanna Schellenberg
(Rutgers University)
The Neural Basis of Perception: Discrimination, Information-Processing, and Biases
Research and writing leading to publication of a book on the nature of perception based on current neuroscience. $60,000 (Fellowship)
In total, the NEH awarded $32.8 million in grants to support 213 humanities projects. Philosophers won nearly 3.3% of the grants, with their grants summing to about 1.34% of the total awarded. You can see the full list of winners here.
UPDATE (12/19/20): Peter Levine was missing from the original post. Thanks to Joshua Miller for catching this.
