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CategoryBowling Green Receives $1.6 Million to Expand Philosophy, Politics, Economics, and Law Program
Bowling Green State University (BGSU) has received a $1.6 million donation from the Charles Koch Foundation to expand its Philosophy, Politics, Economics, and Law (PPEL) program. (more…)
Philosopher Wins €3 Million Grant for Project on Public Trust in Expert Opinion
Maria Baghramian, Head of the School of Philosophy at University College Dublin, has won a €3 million (approximately US$3.3 million) grant for three-year research project on “the role of science in policy decision making and the conditions under which people should trust and rely on expert opinion that shapes public policy.” (more…)
Philosophers Win Several Large Grants in the Netherlands
Several philosophers are among the winners of large grants from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).
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Philosophers Among New Fellows of the British Academy
The British Academy, an organization which, among other things, selects scholars in the humanities and social sciences as “fellows” to recognize their academic distinction, has included three philosophers as members of its 2019 class. (more…)
Philosophers on Prospect Magazine’s Top 50 World Thinkers List
Prospect Magazine has revived its “World’s Top 50 Thinkers” list for 2019 after a few years’ break. The current list features a number of philosophers.
Bratman and Gilbert Win 2019 Lebowitz Prize
The American Philosophical Association (APA) and the Phi Beta Kappa Society (PBK) have selected Michael Bratman and Margaret Gilbert as the winners of the 2019 Dr. Martin R. Lebowitz and Eve Lewellis Lebowitz Prize for Philosophical Achievement and Contribution.
New $10,000 Prize and Lectureship in Bioethics
There’s a new prize and lecture that “recognizes junior and mid-career scholars who have made important theoretical contributions to the field of bioethics.”
Translation of Modern Era Korean Women Philosophers Underway
Philip J. Ivanhoe and Hwa Yeong Wang, both of the Sungkyun Institute for Confucian Studies and East Asian Philosophy at Sungkyunkwan University, have won a $75,000 grant from the Korean Studies Promotion Service to support their project of producing an annotated English translation of the work of two 18th-19th Century Korean Confucian women philosophers. (more…)..
Wenner named Greenwall Faculty Scholar
Danielle Wenner, assistant professor of philosophy at Carnegie Mellon University, has received a $200,000 award from the Greenwall Foundation to support her work at the intersection of political philosophy, biomedical ethics, and research ethics.
St. Andrews Appoints Five Professorial Fellows
The University of St Andrews has recently appointed five new Professorial Fellows in philosophy. (more…)
Two Philosophers Recognized During Queen’s Birthday Honours
Two philosophers were among those recognized by Queen Elizabeth II during her Birthday Honours this year. (more…)
De Regt Wins 2019 Lakatos Award
Henk W. de Regt (VU University Amsterdam), has been named the winner of the 2019 Lakatos Award for his book, Understanding Scientific Understanding (Oxford University Press, 2017).
Winners of the 2019 Canadian Philosophical Association’s Book and Essay Prizes
The Canadian Philosophical Association (CPA) last week announced the winners of its 2019 book and essay prizes.
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Winners of Sanders Prize in Metaethics Announced
The Marc Sanders Foundation has named the authors of two papers the winners of its 2019 Metaethics Prize. (more…)
Scruton Honored by Polish Government
English philosopher Roger Scruton was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland by Polish President Andrzej Duda earlier today. (more…)
President of Ireland Speaks at Youth Philosophy Awards Ceremony
“Too many policy lobbyists have, often unknowingly, unthinkingly perhaps, accepted a narrow and utilitarian view of… education—one that suggests we exist to be made useful—which leads to a great loss of the capacity to critically evaluate, question and challenge.” (more…)
Philosophers Among Those Newly Elected to the American Philosophical Society
The American Philosophical Society (APS), the oldest learned society in the United States (“founded in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin for the purpose of ‘promoting useful knowledge'”) has announced its newest class of members. (more…)
Philosopher Selected to be Member of the Swedish Academy
Åsa Wikforss, professor of philosophy at the Stockholm University, has been chosen as the newest member of the Swedish Academy, an “independent cultural institution, founded in 1786 by King Gustaf III in order to advance the Swedish language and Swedish literature” that is responsible for awarding the Nobel Prize in Literature. (more…)
Keller Wins Journal of Applied Philosophy Prize
The Journal of Applied Philosophy has announced the winner of its 2018 essay prize.
Philosophers Among New National Humanities Center Fellows
The National Humanities Center has announced the names of 37 scholars who will be its 2019-2020 residential fellows, and there are two philosophers among them. (more…)
Book on Alain Locke Wins Pulitzer Prize
A book on philosopher Alain Locke has won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Biography.
Sanders Foundation Announces Philosophy of Religion Prize Winner
The 2019 Sanders Prize in Philosophy of Religion has been awarded to Marshall Thompson, a fourth-year graduate student in philosophy at Florida State University. (more…)
Philosophers Win Guggenheim Fellowships
Four philosophers are among the newly named 2019 Guggenheim Fellows. (more…)
Philosophers Win ERC Grants
Two philosophers are among the 222 newly named recipients of large grants from the European Research Council (ERC).
History and Philosophy of Science Essay Prize Awarded
The International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IUHPST) has announced the winning essay in its History and Philosophy of Science essay contest. (more…)
Philosophers and the ACLS (updated)
Of the 81 newly named “ACLS Fellows” of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), only one is a philosophy professor. (more…)
Inaugural Winner of New Philosophy of Physics Prize Announced
Duke University and Studies in History and Philosophy of Science have collaborated to create a new prize in philosophy of physics. Named the “Du Châtelet Prize in Philosophy of Physics,” it “recognizes a U.S. or international graduate student or a recent Ph.D. for their previously unpublished work in philosophy of physics.”
Piccinini Wins Barwise Prize
Gualtiero Piccinini, professor of philosophy at the University of Missouri – St. Louis, is the winner of the 2018 Barwise Prize.