Carrier and Adams Prizes Announced

June 26, 2018
2018 prizes awarded
The Department of Philosophy is delighted to announce the winners of this year's Carrier and Adams Prizes, awarded annually to an undergraduate and graduate student. You can read more about the history of these prizes below. Congratulations to all of these deserving undergraduate and graduate students!
 
The recipients of this year's Carrier Prize are:
 
Theresa (Tez) Clark for her senior thesis, “Understanding Against the Evidence: On Believing What's Good over What's True”
Michael Rabenberg for his dissertation, “Matters of Life and Death”
 
The recipients of this year's Adams Prize are:
 
Alice Ju for her senior thesis, “The Problem of the Self in Photographic Image Consciousness”
Patricia Marechal for her dissertation, “Aristotle on the Epistemic Role of Passion”

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GEORGE PLIMPTON ADAMS PRIZE 
From the fund established in 1974 for the Department of Philosophy by Beatrice Carrier Seegal in memory of Professor George Plimpton Adams, who guided her philosophy studies at the University of California, a prize will be awarded to a College or Graduate School of Arts and Sciences student submitting a dissertation on a subject designated by the Department of Philosophy, preferably in the field of history of philosophy.  All senior honors theses and all doctoral dissertations that are eligible under the terms of this prize will be considered without special application. 

EMILY AND CHARLES CARRIER PRIZE 
From the income of a fund established in 1974 for the Department of Philosophy by Beatrice Carrier Seegal in memory of her parents Emily and Charles Carrier, a prize will be awarded to a College or Graduate School of Arts and Sciences student submitting a dissertation on a subject in social, political, or moral philosophy.  All senior honors theses and all doctoral dissertations that are eligible under the terms of this prize will be considered without special application. 

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