The Royal Institute of Philosophy (TRIP) is absolutely delighted to announce the winner of the 2024 Nayef Al-Rodhan International Prize in Transdisciplinary Philosophy.
The judging panel has chosen The Brain Abstracted: Simplification in the History and Philosophy of Neuroscience (The MIT Press) by Mazviita Chirimuuta as this year’s winning entry. For this outstanding work Mazviita has been awarded the £20,000 annual prize.
Chair of the judging panel Professor Constantine Sandis, Director of Lex Academic and Visiting Professor of Philosophy at the University of Hertfordshire, says:
Transcending the disciplinary boundaries between philosophy and neuroscience, Mazviita Chirimuuta’s The Brain Abstracted demonstrates that while simplification in science has its place, we should not allow ourselves to underestimate the complexity of the brain and consequently overestimate our comprehension of it. This remarkably original book transforms the ways in which we interpret the philosophical significance of neuroscience.
TRIP would also like to extend its appreciation once again to this year’s other shortlisted books:
- Chris Armstrong, Global Justice and the Biodiversity Crisis (Oxford University Press)
- Shannon Vallor, The AI Mirror: How to Reclaim Our Humanity in an Age of Machine Thinking (Oxford University Press).
