Karl Jaspers Prize
Award
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The Karl Jaspers Prize or Karl-Jaspers-Preis is a German philosophy award named after Karl Jaspers and awarded by the city of Heidelberg and the University of Heidelberg.[1] It was first awarded in 1983 "for a scientific work of international significance supported by philosophical spirit".[2] The Karl Jaspers Prize is endowed with €25,000.[3] Next to the Friedrich Nietzsche Prize it is one of the highest awards in Germany awarded exclusively for philosophical achievements.
Awarded fora scientific work of international significance supported by philosophical spirit
CountryGermany
Presented byHeidelberg, University of Heidelberg
Reward€25,000
| Karl Jaspers Prize | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | a scientific work of international significance supported by philosophical spirit |
| Country | Germany |
| Presented by | Heidelberg, University of Heidelberg |
| Reward | €25,000 |
| First award | 1983 |
| Website | www |
Award winners
| Year | Winner | Nationality Seyla Benhabib |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Seyla Benhabib[4] |  United States |
| 2022 | Volker Gerhardt[5] |  Germany |
| 2019 | Rudolf G. Wagner[6] | Germany |
| 2017 | Jan Assmann and Aleida Assmann[7][8] | Germany |
| 2014 | Hans Maier[9] | Germany |
| 2008 | Jean-Luc Marion[9] |  France |
| 2004 | Michael Theunissen | Germany |
| 2001 | Robert Spaemann[10] | Germany |
| 1998 | Jean Starobinski |  Switzerland |
| 1995 | Jürgen Habermas | Germany |
| 1992 | Jeanne Hersch | Switzerland |
| 1989 | Paul Ricœur | France |
| 1986 | Hans-Georg Gadamer[11] | Germany |
| 1983 | Emmanuel Levinas | France |