Congratulations to the 2023/2024 Philosophy Department Prize Winners!

The Department of Philosophy is delighted to announce the winners of this year's Carrier, Bechtel, and Bowen Prizes, awarded annually to our undergraduate and graduate students for essays and theses/dissertations. You can read more about the history of these prizes below. Congratulations to all of these deserving students!

Graduate

Bechtel: Generic Episodic Memories, by Megan Entwistle

Bowen: Negative Emissions and Excuses, by Britta Clark
 

Undergraduate

Bechtel: Evidential Imprecision and Credence Akrasia, by Anna Pauliina Rumm

Carrier: Beyond Mattering: Pervasive Indeterminacy about Consciousness and Moral Status, by Chimney Deshpande

The Bechtel Prize in Philosophy was established through the generosity of Edwin D. Bechtel and is awarded annually for the best graduate and undergraduate essay on a philosophical subject.

The Francis Bowen Prize, established in 1938 by a bequest from Miss Maria Bowen as a memorial to her father who held the Alford professorship of Natural Religion, Moral Philosophy, and Civil Polity from 1853 to 1889, is awarded annually for the best essay upon a subject in moral or political philosophy.

The Emily and Charles Carrier Prize was established in memory of Emily and Charles Carrier and is awarded to students submitting a thesis or dissertation on a subject in social, political, or moral philosophy.