Jean Nicod Prize


The Jean Nicod Prize is awarded annually in Paris to a leading philosopher of mind or philosophically oriented cognitive scientist. The lectures are organized by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique as part of its effort to promote interdisciplinary research in cognitive science in France. The 1993 lectures marked the centenary of the birth of the French philosopher and logician Jean Nicod. Besides the CNRS, sponsors include the École Normale Supérieure and the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences. The Jean Nicod lecturer is expected to deliver at least four lectures on a topic of his or her choice, and subsequently to publish the set of lectures, or a monograph based on them in the Jean Nicod Lectures series.

List

List of Jean Nicod Prize laureates from 1993 to the present day:
YearNameAffiliationTitleVideoPublication-
1993Jerry FodorRutgers UniversityThe Elm and the Expert: Mentalese and Its Semanticsn/a-
1994Fred DretskeStanford UniversityNaturalizing the Mindn/a-
1995Donald DavidsonUniversity of California, Berkeleyn/an/an/a-
1996Hans KampUniversity of StuttgartThinking and Talking about Thingsn/an/a-
1997Jon ElsterColumbia UniversityStrong Feelings. Emotion, Addiction, and Human Behaviorn/a-
1998Susan CareyHarvard UniversityThe Origins of Concepts: Evolution vs Culturen/an/a-
1999John PerryStanford UniversityKnowledge, Possibility, and Consciousnessn/a-
2000John SearleUniversity of California, BerkeleyRationality in Actionn/a-
2001Daniel DennettTufts Universityn/a-
2002Ruth MillikanUniversity of Connecticutn/a-
2003Ray JackendoffTufts University-
2004Zenon PylyshynRutgers University-
2005Gilbert HarmanPrinceton Universityn/a-
2006Michael TomaselloMax Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig-
2007Stephen StichRutgers Universityn/a-
2008Kim SterelnyVictoria University of Wellingtonn/an/a-
2009Elizabeth SpelkeHarvard Universityn/an/a-
2010Tyler BurgeUniversity of California, Los Angelesn/an/a-
2011Gergely Csibra
György Gergely
Central European University]-
2013Ned BlockNew York UniversityConscious, Preconscious, Unconscious]--
2014Uta Frith and
Chris Frith
University College LondonWhat is innate and what is acquired in social cognition? and
Mechanisms of social interaction
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2015David ChalmersNew York UniversitySpatial Illusions: From Mirrors to Virtual Reality]-
2016Patrick HaggardUniversity College LondonVolition, Agency, Responsibility: Cognitive Mechanisms of Human Action]
2017John CampbellUC BerkeleyHow language enters perception]
2019Martine Nida-RümelinUniversity of FribourgPhilosophical fundamentals for scientific studies of consciousness]-