2011 YOUNGER SCHOLARS PRIZE WINNERS

 

WINNER OF THE 2011 YOUNGER SCHOLARS PRIZE FOR PHILOSOPHICAL THEOLOGY

 

The Ammonius Foundation and Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Religion join in congratulating Ted Poston of University of South Alabama as the winner of the Younger Scholars Prize for Philosophical Theology for his entry "Social Evil". See here for details.

 

 

 

2011 YOUNGER SCHOLARS PRIZE WINNER

 

WINNER OF THE 2011 YOUNGER SCHOLARS PRIZE FOR METAPHYSICS

 

The Ammonius Foundation and Oxford Studies in Metaphysics join in congratulating Shamik Dasgupta of Princeton University as the winner of the 2011 Younger Scholars Prize for Metaphysics for his entry "Absolutism vs. Comparativism About Quantity." See here for details.

 

 

 

NEW FOUNDATIONAL RESEARCH GRANT 2010

 

The Ammonius Foundation is pleased to announce, J. A. Cover, Professor of Philosophy, Purdue University, as recipient of its 2010 Foundational Research Grant award, for work on the topic:

Ammonian Monism and Traditional Theism

 

Site-hosted research forthcoming in Winter 2010-2011; click here for more information on our Foundational Research Grant program.

 

 

 

NEW TARGETED INVESTIGATION GRANT INAUGURAL AWARD

 

In keeping with its commitment to ongoing research in traditional metaphysics and philosophical theology, the Ammonius Foundation has expanded its investment in funded grant initiatives. The new Targeted Investigation Grant will fund research and writing on selected topics in metaphysics.

 

The Ammonius Foundation is pleased to announce, Timothy O'Connor, Professor of Philosophy, Indiana University, as recipient of this first 2009 Targeted Investigation Grant award, on the topic Fundamental Metaphysics: Immanent vs. Transcendent

 

Site-hosted research paper forthcoming in Fall 2010; click here for more information on our Targeted Investigation Grant program.

Preliminary Title: "Could There Be A Complete Explanation of Everything?"
Click here to read.

 

 

 

ON-GOING FOUNDATIONAL GRANT RESEARCH

 

The 2009 Foundational Research Grant topic was

Metaphysics and Intuition.

 

The Ammonius Foundation looks forward to the work of George Bealer Professor of Philosophy, Yale University, as the recipient of the 2009 Foundational Research Grant. Site-hosted research paper forthcoming in 2010; click here for more information on our Foundational Research Grant program.

 

 

 

HOSTING RECENT RESEARCH

 

The 2008 Foundational Research Grant, on the topic

Naturalism and Objective Morality

 

was awarded to Alvin Plantinga, the John A. O'Brien Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. See his site-hosted research paper, “Naturalism, Theism, Obligation and Supervenience” here along with other research papers funded by the Foundational Research Grant program.