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TagSanders Announces New Set of Philosophy in Media Fellows
The Marc Sanders Foundation has announced its Philosophy in Media Fellows for 2025. (more…)
Philosophy Essay Contests
Over at Philosophers’ Cocoon, one of their readers asked for help putting together a list of philosophy essay competitions. (more…)
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, technology, and the planet” and known for its $1 million “Prize for Philosophy and Culture,” has announced the inaugural winners of its new essay prize. (more…)
Journal to Begin Featuring Short Philosophical Essays
Res Philosophica, a quarterly academic philosophy journal which normally accepts submissions up to 12,000 words long, has started a new feature that aims to publish “bold, experimental, and original papers that convey a philosophical idea compellingly in the space of fewer than 3,000 words.” (more…)
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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Examples of Public Philosophy
Barry Maguire (UNC) is attempting to get a new prize for public philosophy up and running. By “public philosophy” he means “anything with significant philosophical content or method written by someone with significant philosophical trainining primarily for an audience of non-philosophers.”
He is collecting examples of public philosophy but is having trouble findi..