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We are pleased to announce that the 2024 Sanders Prize in the History of Early Modern Philosophy has been awarded to Jordan Lavender (Purdue University) for his paper “The Cartesian Origins of Intentionality: Thought and Sensation as Directio in Thomas Bonarte (1612/13–~1670).” The paper will be published in Oxford Studies in Early Modern Philosophy.
The Selection Committee described the winning paper as “erudite and philosophically sophisticated.”
Congratulations to Jordan Lavender!
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