Sustainable Invitations with PhilRadar

Wouldn't it be nice to know which philosophers are nearby when planning a lecture series, a workshop, or other philosophical events? PhilRadar can indeed provide us with this valuable information—especially when hosts of philosophers share their details on the platform. You can learn how to do this from the flyers created by the AG Nachhaltigkeit of GAP and DGPhil, which are available through these links in both German and English. GAP encourages you to utilize this tool and help make philosophy as sustainable as possible. Thank you!

 GAP and GPS Essay Award 2024

The 2024 prize question is:
Can we be responsible for what is not up to us?

Submissions of essays of up to 3,000 words are possible until 31 October 2024. Please note the conditions of participation and submission instructions in this document.  A poster on the current essay prize can be found here.

Jury decision on the 2023 joint essay prize of the GAP and GPS

The Society for Analytic Philosophy (GAP) and Grazer Philosophische Studien (GPS) are pleased about the interest in the essay question: What, if anything, will AI never be capable of?

31 submissions were received (eleven of which were from women). A jury consisting of eleven experts thoroughly considered the contributions, which were rendered anonymous. After careful deliberation, the jury has awarded the prizes to:

• 1st Prize: –

• 2nd Prize: Marius Mumbeck (Universität Duisburg-Essen): »Is there a domain of linguistic competence AI cannot grasp?« (abstract)

• 3nd Prize: Julian Braunwarth (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen): »Was eine KI niemals können wird, wird auch der Mensch niemals können« (abstract)

Members of the jury were Martina Fürst, Gregor Hörzer, Siegfried Jaag, Giacomo Giannini, Mario Günther, Kristina Musholt, Christoph Schamberger, Eva Schmidt, Sebastian Speitel, Corina Strößner und Eva Weber-Guskar. The winning essays will be published in the Grazer Philosophische Studien in the second half of 2024. We congratulate the winners and thank all participants for their contributions!

june 1, 2024

Georg Meggle Turns 80

Today, on 21 May 2024, Georg Meggle, Honorary President of the GAP, will be 80 years old. The GAP Board would like to offer its warmest congratulations! Ulla Wessels and Christoph Lumer have written a laudation for the GAP to mark Georg Meggle's 80th birthday. You can find the laudation here (in German).

May 20, 2024

Statement by the GAP Executive Committee on the BILD campaign of 8 May 2024

The BILD tabloid defamed lecturers who spoke out against police operations on campus and in favour of a dialogue with demonstrating students in an open letter as "UniversiTÄTER" and pilloried them with photos and names. Science Minister Stark-Watzinger questioned in an interview with BILD that the signatories of the letter »stand on the ground of the Basic Law«.

Both the protests themselves and the open letter have been criticised and intensively discussed in the media and in politics, in some cases rightly so.

The GAP Executive Committee considers the role and statements of the Science Minister in this context to be problematic. We strongly oppose the repulsive and demagogic media campaign of the BILD tabloid.

The Executive Committee of the GAP

May 21, 2024