Society for Philosophy and Psychology (SPP)
Tobias Gerstenberg is writing to announce the official Call for Nominations for the 2025 Stanton Prize, administered by the Society for Philosophy and Psychology (SPP).
The Stanton Prize is awarded annually to an early-career scholar who has made significant contributions to interdisciplinary research in philosophy, psychology, or related disciplines, and who has been active in the SPP. Winners are chosen by the executive committee of the SPP. The Stanton award is endowed in honor of Harry and Betty Stanton of Bradford Books/MIT Press.
Tradition holds that we alternate between giving the award to a philosopher and a psychologist. This means that this year, it’s a philosopher’s turn. Winners are awarded a lifetime SPP membership and deliver an award address at the annual SPP conference. The 2025 meeting will be held June 18-21 at Cornell University.
Nominations will be accepted until midnight (EST) on February 15, 2025, and should be sent to gerstenberg@stanford.edu
A complete nomination must include:
(A) From the Nominator
An email from a member of the SPP community nominating the candidate and a brief statement of no more than 300 words describing: (i) the contributions of the candidate to interdisciplinary research in philosophy, psychology, or related disciplines, (ii) the career stage of the candidate, and (iii) the candidate’s past participation in the SPP. The nominator can indicate if they would like to remain anonymous in which case their name will not be passed on to the voting committee.
(B) From the Candidate
Once I’ve received a nomination, I will email the candidate to confirm (i) that they wish to be considered for the prize and (ii) that they commit to attend this year’s meeting and give a talk if they are awarded the prize. I will also ask for a CV.
Eligibility
Anyone who has been active in SPP, and who conducts research in psychology, philosophy, and/or a related discipline, may be nominated. Career stage will also be considered in the decision, with a preference for researchers early in their careers. Members of the SPP executive committee are eligible to be nominated; any executive committee member who chooses to accept a nomination will not participate in the award decision.
Note, in the past we used to roll over nominations from prior years. However, we are not doing so anymore. If you would like to be considered for the prize this year, please make sure to ask a Nominator to nominate you again.
Process
All complete nominations received by the deadline will be submitted to the executive committee of SPP. The winner will be chosen by vote. Eligible to vote are the members of the executive committee, the current and last year’s president, the president elect, and the treasurer. I will coordinate the prize but will not be voting.
Past winners
2001, Kathleen Akins (Philosophy, Simon Fraser University)
2002, Paul Bloom (Psychology, Yale University)
2003, Jesse Prinz (Philosophy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
2004, David Chalmers (Philosophy, Australian National University)
2005, Shaun Nichols (Philosophy, University of Arizona)
2006, Fei Xu (Psychology, University of British Columbia)
2007, John Doris (PNP, Washington University, St. Louis)
2008, Laurie Santos (Psychology, Yale University)
2009, Joshua Knobe (Philosophy, Yale University)
2010, Tania Lombrozo (Psychology, UC Berkeley)
2011, Adina Roskies (Philosophy, Dartmouth)
2012, Joshua Greene, (Psychology, Harvard)
2013, Edouard Machery, (Philosophy and HPS, Pittsburgh)
2014, Fiery Cushman, (Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences, Brown)
2015, Sarah-Jane Leslie, (Philosophy, Princeton)
2016, Liane Young, (Psychology, Boston College)
2017, Felipe De Brigard, (Philosophy, Duke University)
2018, Kiley Hamlin, (Psychology, University of British Columbia)
2019, Chandra Sripada (Psychiatry and Philosophy, University of Michigan)
2020, Marjorie Rhodes (Psychology, New York University)
2021, Jonathan Phillips (Psychological and Brain Sciences, Dartmouth College)
2022, Chaz Firestone (Psychological and Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University)
2023, Eric Mandelbaum (Department of Philosophy and Department of Psychology, City University of New York)
2024, Tobias Gerstenberg (Department of Psychology, Stanford University)
Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions.