A prize in honor of Philip L. Quinn, awarded in recognition of service to philosophy and philosophers, broadly construed. Any member or living former member of the APA is eligible to receive this prize.

The chair of the committee on lectures, publications, and research (LPR) will solicit nominations from the board of officers in time to receive all nominations at least six months before the board's annual fall meeting (normally held in November). Nominations should include a statement of support for the nominee. The national office, working with the chair of the LPR committee, will then gather additional background information on the service of each nominee from publicly available data sources and distribute that information to the board before the fall board meeting. At its fall meeting, the board will select the winner from among the nominees. Members of the board are not eligible to receive the prize while they are on the board. Nominations will remain active for three years and may be renewed.

Frequency: Annual

Award Amount: $2,500 and an engraved plaque

Previous Awardees

A list of service to the APA (including service after the award date) and a CV is provided for each awardee:

2017

Peggy DesAutels (University of Dayton)
List of service to the APA
CV

2016

Robert Audi (University of Notre Dame)
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CV

2015

Martha Nussbaum (University of Chicago Law School)
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CV
Additional

2014

Michael Bratman (Stanford University)
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CV

2013

John Perry (University of California, Riverside)
List of service to the APA
CV

2012

Judith Thomson (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
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CV

2011

Karen Hanson (Indiana University-Bloomington)
List of service to the APA

2010

Ernest Sosa (Rutgers University)
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CV

2009

Anita Silvers (San Francisco State University)
List of service to the APA

2008

J.B. Schneewind (Johns Hopkins University)
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CV

2007

Ruth Barcan Marcus (Yale University)
List of service to the APA