CFP: Royal Institute of Philosophy 2019 Essay Prize
Submission deadline: November 1, 2019
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Each year the Royal Institute holds an essay prize competition. The winner will receive £2,500 and their essay will be published in Philosophy.
The new editors of Philosophy have extended the submission deadline to 1st November 2019.
Entries will be considered by a committee, and the winner announced by the end of 2019. The winning entry will be published in Philosophy in April 2020.
2019 Topic: The Significance of Paradoxes
Philosophers of logic and language and metaphysicians of substance, space and time have long been interested in paradoxes but so to a lesser degree have philosophers of mind and moral philosophers, eg in relation to self-deception, weakness of will and moral dilemmas. Essays are invited on the philosophical use of paradox. Authors may consider the implications of seeming or real paradoxes in specific areas of philosophy, where the paradoxes in question may be strictly logical or more informal, or they may examine the general significance of paradox for accounts of thought and of reality.
In assessing entries priority will be given to originality, clarity of expression, breadth of interest, and potential for advancing discussion. All entries will be deemed to be submissions to Philosophy and more than one may be published. In exceptional circumstances the prize may be awarded jointly in which case the financial component will be divided, but the aim is to select a single prize-winner.
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