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TagTwo Philosophers Win “Courageous Colleague” Award
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) has bestowed its Berkson Courageous Colleague Award on two philosophers. (more…)
Kern & Nebel Win Sanders Political Philosophy Prize
The Marc Sanders Foundation has announced that its 2026 Prize in Political Philosophy has been awarded to Adam Kern (University of San Diego) and Jacob Nebel (Princeton University). (more…)
Three Philosophers Among New Guggenheim Fellows
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has announced its new class of fellows, and three philosophers are among them. (more…)
2026 Sanders Prize in Metaphysics Winners Announced
The Marc Sanders Foundation has announced that its 2026 Prize in Metaphysics has been awarded to Ezra Rubenstein and Verónica Gómez-Sánchez (both of UC Berkeley). (more…)
Calzavarini Wins Popper Prize
The editors of the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (BJPS) have announced the winner of the 2025 Popper Prize. (more…)
Stratmann Wins JHP Article Prize
The Journal of the History of Philosophy has announced that the winner of its 2025 article prize is Joe Stratmann, assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. (more…)
Lord Wins 2025 Sanders Epistemology Prize
The winner of the 2025 Marc Sanders Prize in Epistemology is Errol Lord (University of Pennsylvania). (more…)
Vetter Wins Leibniz Prize
Barbara Vetter, professor of theoretical philosophy at the Free University of Berlin, has been awarded a Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize from the German Research Foundation (DFG). (more…)
Nanay Wins 2025 Ernest-John Solvay Prize
Bence Nanay, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Antwerp, has been awarded the 2025 Ernest-John Solvay Excellence Prize in the Humanities. (more…)
Kind & Nickel Awarded Prize for Philosophy in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
The German Society for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Psychosomatics and Neurology, the largest continental European national association for psychiatry, has announced the winners of its Prize for Philosophy and Ethics in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy. (more…)
Pevnick Wins Rockwell Prize
The Elizabeth D. Rockwell Center on Ethics and Leadership at the Hobby School of Public Affairs at the University of Houston has announced the winner and runner-up for its 2025 Prize for the Best Article on Ethics, Leadership, and Public Policy. (more…)
Philosopher Wins Major Academic Award in Slovakia
Daniela Vacek, a philosopher at the Slovak Academy of Sciences and Comenius University, has received the ESET Science Award for Outstanding Scientist in Slovakia Under the Age of 35. (more…)
Sandel Wins 2025 Berggruen Prize
Michael Sandel, professor of government at Harvard University, is the 2025 winner of the $1 million Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture.
Philosopher Wins Open Access Award
Adrian Kind, a postdoctoral researcher in philosophy and psychology at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, is one of the winners of the 2025 Open Access Award. (more…)
Transdisciplinary Philosophy Book Prize Long List Released
The Royal Institute of Philosophy recently announced the longlist of books being considered for the 2025 Nayef Al-Rodhan International Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy. (more…)
Robeyns Wins Stevin Prize
Ingrid Robeyns, professor of philosophy at Utrecht University and the Chair in Ethics of Institutions at the university’s Ethics Institute, has been awarded the Stevin Prize, one of the most prestigious and generous prizes administered by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). (more…)
Chirimuuta Wins 2025 Lakatos Award
Mazviita Chirimuuta (Edinburgh) is the winner of the 2025 Lakatos Award. (more…)
Rees wins Sanders Metaethics Prize
Mathieu Rees, a software engineer with a philosophy PhD from the University of Leeds, is the winner of the 2025 Sanders Prize in Metaethics. (more…)
Philosopher Honored by the State of Connecticut
Cheyney Ryan (Senior Research Fellow, Program on Ethics, Law, and Armed Conflict, Oxford University) was recently honored by the state of Connecticut for his “dedication to human rights and human rights education”. (more…)
New: The Stephen J. White Prize
The American Philosophical Association (APA) has announced the creation of a new prize in honor of the late philosopher Stephen J. White. (more…)
2025 Sanders Prize in Philosophy of Religion to Cutter & Swenson
Brian Cutter (University of Notre Dame) and Philip Swenson (The College of William & Mary) are the winners of the 2025 Sanders Prize in Philosophy of Religion. (more…)
British Society for the History of Philosophy Announces Recent Prizewinners
The British Society for the History of Philosophy and its journal, The British Journal for the History of Philosophy, have announced the latest winners of its prizes. (more…)
Garcia Awarded Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize
Manon Garcia (Freie Universität in Berlin) has been awarded one of the 2025 Heinz Maier-Leibnitz prizes, “Germany’s most prestigious award for researchers in the early stages of their academic career.” (more…)
Kitcher Wins Frontiers of Knowledge Prize
Philip Kitcher, professor emeritus of philosophy at Columbia University, has been named the winner of the Frontiers of Knowledge Prize in the Humanities by the Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) Foundation. (more…)
Sullivan Wins Simon Award
Emily Sullivan, associate professor of philosophy at Utrecht University, is the winner of the 2025 Herbert A. Simon Award for Outstanding Research in Computing and Philosophy. (more…)
Müller Wins Covey Award
Vincent C. Müller, professor of philosophy and ethics of AI and director of the Centre for Philosophy and AI Research at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, is the winner of the 2025 Covey Award. (more…)
Supèr Wins Blaug Prize
Tessa Supèr, a PhD candidate at the Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam, is the winner of the 2025 Mark Blaug Prize in Philosophy and Economics. (more…)
Franklin & Seifert Win 2024 Popper Prize
Alexander Franklin (KCL) and Vanessa Seifert (Bristol) are the winners of the 2024 Popper Prize. (more…)