Bence Nanay, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Antwerp, has been awarded the 2025 Ernest-John Solvay Excellence Prize in the Humanities.
The Humanities prize is awarded once every five years. Its aim is to “reward the scientific career of prominent researchers affiliated with a Flemish university or eligible research organization.”
The prize is 100,000 euros.
The prize announcement states
The laureate of the Ernest-John Solvay Excellence Prize 2025 in Cultural Sciences is Professor Bence Nanay, a philosopher and cognitive scientist at the University of Antwerp. Nanay demonstrates that philosophy does not have to be a closed system. His interdisciplinary work, which also incorporates technology, contributes to a better understanding of how people think and what influences this. In this way, he proves how socially relevant the classical discipline of philosophy can be. (translated by Google)
The Ernest-John Solvay Prize is administered by Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO). You can learn more about it here.
Well deserved, congrats!