Submitted by Mrs Jane Wallace on Mon, 13/09/2021 - 14:48
William Simpson PhD PhD has been awarded the Cardinal Mercier Prize 2021 (awarded to John F. Wippel in 1981, and to Nicholas Rescher in 2005) for his thesis, What’s the matter? Toward a neo-Aristotelian Ontology of Nature. This prestigious prize is given for monographs which are related to metaphysics, ‘first’ philosophy, or ontology in their relation to the contemporary world, in recognition of the recipient’s contribution to international philosophy. It is jointly awarded by The Institut Supérieur de Philosophie (ISP) of UCLouvain, and the Hoger Instituut Voor Wijsbegeerte (HIW) of KU Leuven.
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This is the second international prize that William Simpson has been awarded for his work on the philosophy of nature and the metaphysics of quantum mechanics. Previously, he won an Expanded Reason Award in 2020, which is jointly awarded by Universidad Francisco de Vitoria and The Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI Vatican Foundation. William is currently a Junior Research Fellow in Philosophy, Theology, Religion and the Philosophy of Religion at Wolfson College, Cambridge, and a Research Associate in the Divinity Faculty, Cambridge. He is also an Honorary Research Fellow of the University of St Andrews, Scotland, and an Associate of The Aquinas Institute, Blackfriars, Oxford. He holds a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Cambridge and a doctorate in physics from the University of St Andrews.