PSA Essay Contests for 2004
Each year the Philosophy of Science Association holds two contests: one for an outstanding essay written by a graduate student and one for an outstanding Philosophy of Science article published by a recent Ph.D. For more information concerning the 2004 contests, see http://journal.philsci.org/. The deadline for the contests is January 15, 2005.
Winner of 2003 Graduate Student Essay Contest
The outstanding essay by a graduate student was “The Justification of Concepts in Carnap's Aufbau” by Jonathan Y. Tsou. The article has been published in the October 2003 issue of Philosophy of Science 70(4): 671–689. We wish to thank Harold Brown, John Worrall, and Laura Ruetsche for their thoughtful work in judging the Graduate Student Essay Contest.
Winner of 2003 Recent Ph.D. Contest
John T. Roberts won the contest for recent Ph.D.s with the article “Leibniz on Force and Absolute Motion,” which appeared in the July 2003 issue of Philosophy of Science 70(3): 553–573. The judges who selected the best Philosophy of Science paper in 2003 by a recent Ph.D. were Paul Humphreys, Arthur Fine, and Craig Callender. Their thoughtful work in judging is much appreciated.