02/23/2009

Sixth Annual Prize Essay Competition in European Philosophy from Kant to the Present

Question: Is any Variety of Naturalism Superior to Others?

This topic may be addressed historically, systematically, or through any combination of these two approaches. The winning essay will receive a prize of $1000 and, upon recommendation of the selection committee, be published in Inquiry. The author of the winning essay will also be brought to the University of Kentucky in the Fall of 2009 to present it.

The most recent winners were Helder de Schutter (University of Leuven), for his essay, "Nations without Nationalism" (Inquiry 50 no. 4 (2007)), and Herbert de Vriese (University of Antwerp), for his essay, "The Myth of the Metaphysical Circle" (Inquiry 51 no. 3 (2008)). The prize essay selection committee declared no winner in the fifth competition.

Essays will be judged by a process of blind review. Submissions should be appropriately formatted for such a process, with the author’s name and other identifying information appearing only on a separate cover sheet. Essays should be double-spaced, in English, and no more than 8000 words in length. Past and present faculty and students at the University of Kentucky are ineligible to compete. Submissions should not have been previously published or submitted for publication.

The deadline for submissions is March 1, 2009. Essays should be submitted in triplicate in typed (hard copy) form to Ms. Katie Barret, Departmetn of Philosophy, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0027 USA. No electronic submissions please.