2017 in philosophy
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- August – Kialo is founded, a website for collaborative argument maps for a large variety of subjects including many philosophical questions and issues where different philosophical perspectives and claims are integrated into and scrutinized in one structure.[1][2]
- October 2 - Robert L. Holmes delivers his lecture "The Significance of Violence in Today's World" at the United Nations International Day of Nonviolence.[4]
- December 15–16 – a conference in memory of Derek Parfit is held at Rutgers University, organized jointly with New York University.
- Hypatia transracialism controversy
- Jack Copeland is awarded the 2017 Barwise Prize.
- Onora O'Neill wins the 2017 Berggruen Prize.[5]
- Emily Grosholz is awarded the Fernando Gil International Prize for the Philosophy of Science.
- Wolfram Groddeck is awarded the 2017 Friedrich Nietzsche Prize.
- Margaret Morrison and Michael Strevens are awarded Guggenheim Fellowships in philosophy.
- Étienne Balibar is presented a Hannah Arendt Award.
- Onora O'Neill is awarded the 2017 Holberg Prize.
- John Campbell is awarded the 2017 Jean Nicod Prize.
- Jan Assmann and Aleida Assmann are awarded the Karl Jaspers Prize.
- Craig Callender is awarded the Lakatos Award.
- Ruth Millikan is awarded the Nicholas Rescher Prize for Systematic Philosophy.
- Ruth Millikan is awarded the Rolf Schock Prize in Logic and Philosophy.
- Alvin Plantinga is awarded the Templeton Prize.
