Month May 2021

Philosophers Among the 2021 Newcombe Doctoral Fellows

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Mr. Steers-McCrum is the inaugural recipient of the Robert M. Adams–Charlotte W. Newcombe Fellow in Philosophy, co-named for philosopher Robert Merrihew Adams, the program’s co-founder. Marzouq Alnusf, Shannon Brick, Alex Steers-McCrum, Karolina Wisniewska Marzouq Alnusf (Northwestern University)Global Racial Capitalism: How…

Sanders Metaethics Prize Winner Announced

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Dr. Bex-Priestly won the prize for his “Expressivists Should be Reductive Naturalists“: The prize includes ,000 and the article’s publication in Oxford Studies in Metaethics. The prize contest is administered by Russ Shafer-Landau (University of Wisconsin). More information about it,…

Christoph Jamme (1953-2021)

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Professor Jamme took up his position at Leuphana in 1997. Prior to that, he taught at Friedrich Schiller University. Professor Jamme was known for his work on Hegel, German Idealism, Heidegger, philosophy of art, myth, and philosophy and poetry. You…

Royal Institute of Philosophy Essay Prize Winners

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The two authors will each get half of the £2,500 (approximately ,500) prize. All three papers will be published in an upcoming issue of Philosophy. Lucy McDonald and Nikhil Venkatesh The theme of the 2020 essay contest was “Knowledge, Truth and…

Jacques Bouveresse (1940-2021)

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Professor Bouveresse was known for his work on Wittgenstein, the Vienna Circle, Robert Musil, analytic philosophy, philosophy of math, and philosophy of language. You can learn more about his research here and here. The Collège de France has posted a…