The Hermann Lotze Prize
The International Szklarska Poreba Center for Experimental Philosophy & Pragmasemantics has awarded its first Lotze Medal in 2009. The Medal is given in honour of Rudolf Herman Lotze, one of the greatest experimental philosophers of the 19th century and a staunch friend of the founders of the Centre. It is awarded annually on occasion of the annual Szklaska Poreba conference on the roots of pragmasemantics, to scientists who have made significant contributions to experimental philosophy and pragmasemantics. The internal consistency, coherence and significance of the nominee’s research programme is important, not the uniformity with current mainstream paradigms.
An international committee of distinguished scientists selects the winners from a list of nominated candidates. The deadline for receipt of nominations is 15 January of the relevant year. Download "Nomination Form" here.
The Lotze Medal is not awarded to Nobel Laureates,
winners of the Rolf Nevanlinna Prize,
or Rumelhart Prize winners.
For further information, please write to prize@hlotze.com
Prize Committee
- Anton Benz, ZAS Berlin (Germany)
- Peter beim Graben, DFG Heisenberg Fellow for Cognitive Neurodynamics, Humboldt University Berlin (Germany) [since March 2009]
- Reinhard Blutner, University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
- Damir Ćavar, University of Zadar (Croatia)
- Hans-Martin Gärtner, ZAS Berlin (Germany)
- Markus Kracht, University of Bielefeld (Germany)
- Mǎ Jié Shēng 馬傑生, Providence University (Taiwan)
- Joanna Rączaszek-Leonardi, University of Warsaw (Poland)
- Klaus Robering, Syddansk University, Kolding (Denmark)
- Andrea Schalley, Griffith University, Brisbane/Gold Coast (Australia)
- Jennifer Spenader, University of Groningen (The Netherlands)
The Medallist
| 2009 |
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Peter beim Graben |
Excerpt from the laudatio by Hans-Martin Gärtner |
| 2010 |
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Michiel van Lambalgen University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Fritz Hamm University of Tübingen, |
Excerpt from the laudatio by Anton Benz |
| 2011 |
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Relevant Links
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http://www.philosophiebuch.de/faksimiles/index.html (here you can order Lotze's books in an electronic version)
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Henry Stapp (Hermann Lotze claimed the possibility of a causal connection between mind and brain. Unfortunately, classical physics provides no rational foundation for such a causal connection. However, quantum mechanics rationally accommodates a two-way causal linkage between mind and brain, as can be seen in the writings of Henry Stapp)
Impressum
reinhard blutner .:.
fnwi/illc .:.
universiteit van amsterdam .:.
p.o. box 94242 .:. 1090 ge amsterdam .:. email: reinhard@hlotze.com .:.
web: www.blutner.de
Last updated on April 2nd,
2010