Category: Awards Grants Honors
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Lee wins Sanders Philosophy of Mind Prize
Andrew Y. Lee, assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto, is the winner of the 2024 Philosophy of Mind Prize from the…
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Molinari Wins Journal of Philosophy’s Levi Prize
Giacomo Molinari, a PhD student at the University of Bristol, has won the 2024 Isaac Levi Prize.
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Leitgeb Wins 2025 Leibniz Prize
Hannes Leitgeb, Chair of Logic and Philosophy of Language and co-director of the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy at LMU Munich, is the winner of…
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Philosophy Essay Contests
Over at Philosophers’ Cocoon, one of their readers asked for help putting together a list of philosophy essay competitions.
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Carlisle Wins PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography
PEN America has selected The Marriage Question: George Elliot’s Double Life by Clare Carlisle, professor of philosophy at King’s College London, as the winner…
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Lane Wins JHP Book Prize
The Journal of the History of Philosophy (JHP) has awarded its 2024 book prize to Melissa Lane (Princeton) for her book, Of Rule and Office: Plato’s…
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Lavender Wins Sanders Early Modern Prize
The Marc Sanders Foundation has awarded its Prize in the History of Early Modern Philosophy to Jordan Lavender (Purdue; soon to be Texas A&M).
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Four Philosophers Make Vox’s “Future Perfect 50” List
Vox publishes an annual list of fifty “thinkers, innovators, and changemakers who are working to make the future a better place.” This year’s edition includes…
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Woodward wins Hempel Award
James Woodward, emeritus professor at the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh, is the winner of the Philosophy…
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Chirimuuta Wins Transdisciplinary Philosophy Book Prize
Mazviita Chirimuuta (Edinburgh) has been named the winner of the 2024 Nayef Al-Rodhan International Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy.
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Large Grant for Beliefless Spirituality Project
T. Ryan Byerly (University of Sheffield) has won a grant of nearly $700,000 in support of “The Beliefless Spirituality Project: Philosophical Foundations and Scientific…
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$1 Million Grant for Project on Nonreligious Revelation
The John Templeton Foundation has awarded a $1,149,239 grant to philosopher L.A. Paul (Yale) and psychologist Molly Crockett (Princeton) in support of their “Revelation…
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Gruen is the 2024 SWIP Distinguished Philosopher of the Year
Lori Gruen, professor of philosophy at Wesleyan University, has been named the 2024 Distinguished Philosopher of the Year by the Eastern Division of the…
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Berggruen Institute Announces Winners of Its New $25,000 Essay Prize
The Berggruen Institute, a think tank oriented around cross-cultural and philosophical approaches to big questions about how to “best support flourishing relations between humans,…
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Recanati Wins 2024 Gay-Lussac Humboldt Prize
François Recanati, professor of philosophy at the Collège de France, is the winner of the 2024 Gay-Lussac Humboldt Prize.
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Philosopher Sara Green Wins Royal Danish Academy’s Silver Medal
Sara Green, a philosopher of science at the University of Copenhagen, is the recipient of this year’s Silver Medal from the Royal Danish Academy of…
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Philosopher Wins $3.8m Grant for Work on Aging & Loneliness
John Beverley, assistant professor of philosophy at the University at Buffalo (SUNY), has been awarded a $3.8 million grant from the National Institute on…
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Philosophers Among ERC Starting Grant Recipients
Several philosophers are among the recently announced winners of the European Research Council’s “Starting Grants”.
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Manne’s “Unshrinking” Longlisted for National Book Award (Update: Now Shortlisted)
Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia by Kate Manne (Cornell) has been longlisted for the 2024 National Book Award in the nonfiction category. (UPDATE (10/1/24): it has…
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Thoma Wins 2024 Rockwell Prize
Johanna Thoma, professor of ethics at the University of Bayreuth, is the winner of the 2024 Elizabeth D. Rockwell Prize for Best Article on Ethics,…