Ansgar Beckermann Turns 80

On 20 June 2025, Ansgar Beckermann, honorary member of the GAP and its president from 2000 to 2006, turned 80. Congratulations from the executive board of the GAP! Ansgar Beckermann's Bielefeld colleague Christian Nimtz, together with Peter Schulte, Romy Jaster and Hanjo Glock, have written a laudatory speech, which can be found here (in German).

June 20, 2025

 GAP and GPS Essay Award 2025

The 2025 prize question is: 
How does hope matter for our actions?

Submissions of essays of up to 3,000 words are possible until 31 October 2025. Please note the conditions of participation and submission instructions in this document.  A poster on the current essay prize can be found here.

Jury decision on the 2024 joint essay prize of the GAP and GPS

The Society for Analytic Philosophy (GAP) and Grazer Philosophische Studien (GPS) are pleased about the interest in the essay question: Can we be responsible for what is not up to us?

34 submissions were received (18 of which were from women). A jury consisting of nine experts thoroughly considered the contributions, which were rendered anonymous. After careful deliberation, the jury has awarded the prizes to:

• 1nd Prize: Ufuk Özbe (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg): »Moral Luck, Blameworthiness and mens rea« (abstract)
• 2nd Prize: Samuel Fautz (Ruhr-Universität Bochum): »Skill, Control und Moral Luck« (abstract)
• 3st Prize: –

Members of the jury were Hanna Altehenger, Jonas Blatter, Singa Behrens, Francesca Bunkenborg, Martina Fürst, David Heering, Susanne Mantel, Jean Moritz Müller and Sebastian Schmidt.

The winning essays will be published in the Grazer Philosophische Studien in the second half of 2025. We congratulate the winners and thank all participants for their contributions!

june 3, 2025

Sustainable Invitations with PhilRadar

Wouldn't it be nice to know which philosophers are nearby when planning a lecture series, a workshop, or other philosophical events? PhilRadar can indeed provide us with this valuable information—especially when hosts of philosophers share their details on the platform. You can learn how to do this from the flyers created by the AG Nachhaltigkeit of GAP and DGPhil, which are available through these links in both German and English. GAP encourages you to utilize this tool and help make philosophy as sustainable as possible. Thank you!

Jury decision on the 2023 joint essay prize of the GAP and GPS

The Society for Analytic Philosophy (GAP) and Grazer Philosophische Studien (GPS) are pleased about the interest in the essay question: What, if anything, will AI never be capable of?

31 submissions were received (eleven of which were from women). A jury consisting of eleven experts thoroughly considered the contributions, which were rendered anonymous. After careful deliberation, the jury has awarded the prizes to:

• 1st Prize: –

• 2nd Prize: Marius Mumbeck (Universität Duisburg-Essen): »Is there a domain of linguistic competence AI cannot grasp?« (abstract)

• 3nd Prize: Julian Braunwarth (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen): »Was eine KI niemals können wird, wird auch der Mensch niemals können« (abstract)

Members of the jury were Martina Fürst, Gregor Hörzer, Siegfried Jaag, Giacomo Giannini, Mario Günther, Kristina Musholt, Christoph Schamberger, Eva Schmidt, Sebastian Speitel, Corina Strößner und Eva Weber-Guskar. The winning essays will be published in the Grazer Philosophische Studien in the second half of 2024. We congratulate the winners and thank all participants for their contributions!

june 1, 2024