Welcome to the Academy
of Science of Unknowingness
of Science of Unknowingness
For the Cultivation of Unknowingness as Complementary Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities
The Academy of Science of Unknowingness awards the Ignorabimus 2024 for the promotion of Unknowingness in the sciences.
This prize was awarded as part of an essay competition.
The prize question is:
What can we with certainty not know?
First prize 5,000 Euro
Four second prizes of 1,000 Euro each
Conditions of participation
Two first prizes
Ignoramus, ignorabimus
Warum das Körper-Geist-Problem unlösbar bleiben muss
Prof Dr. Dr. Thomas Fuchs
Psychiatrist and philosopher, teaches as Karl Jaspers Professor of Philosophical Foundations of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the University of Heidelberg. Head of the Phenomenological Psychopathology and Psychotherapy Section at the Psychiatric University Hospital in Heidelberg. Also editor of the journal “Psychopathology” and chairman of the German Society for Phenomenological Anthropology, Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (DGAP) thomas.fuchs[ät]urz.uni-heidelberg.de
Warum das Körper-Geist-Problem unlösbar bleiben muss
Prof Dr. Dr. Thomas Fuchs
Psychiatrist and philosopher, teaches as Karl Jaspers Professor of Philosophical Foundations of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the University of Heidelberg. Head of the Phenomenological Psychopathology and Psychotherapy Section at the Psychiatric University Hospital in Heidelberg. Also editor of the journal “Psychopathology” and chairman of the German Society for Phenomenological Anthropology, Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (DGAP) thomas.fuchs[ät]urz.uni-heidelberg.de
The Certainty of Non-Knowlege of the Highest Truth
Reflections on Enlightenment in the Mirror of Daoism and Zen Buddhism
Thorsten Schirmer
privat[ät]thorsten-schirmer.de
Prof. at the Kunsthochschule der West Anhui Universität China. Advisory Board of the Martin Heidegger Gesellschaft. Chairman of the Akademie für west-östlichen Dialog der Kulturen
Reflections on Enlightenment in the Mirror of Daoism and Zen Buddhism
Thorsten Schirmer
privat[ät]thorsten-schirmer.de
Prof. at the Kunsthochschule der West Anhui Universität China. Advisory Board of the Martin Heidegger Gesellschaft. Chairman of the Akademie für west-östlichen Dialog der Kulturen
The Jury
Prof. Alexandra Zinke
is Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at Goethe University Frankfurt. She conducts research on the philosophy of logic and on traditional and formal epistemology. Her research project “Dimensions of Doubt” investigates the nature and rationality of withholding judgment.
is Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at Goethe University Frankfurt. She conducts research on the philosophy of logic and on traditional and formal epistemology. Her research project “Dimensions of Doubt” investigates the nature and rationality of withholding judgment.
Bild: Annette Hauschild ©
Wolfram Eilenberger
born in 1972, is a writer and philosopher. His books have been translated into more than 30 languages. He was editor-in-chief of Philosophie Magazin for many years, hosts “Sternstunde Philosophie” on Swiss television and is a member of the program management of 'phil.COLOGNE'. His book “Zeit der Zauberer” was on the Spiegel bestseller list for months, was awarded the Bavarian Book Prize in 2018 and the prestigious Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger in France in 2019. Bestseller “Fire of Freedom” was published in 2020.
born in 1972, is a writer and philosopher. His books have been translated into more than 30 languages. He was editor-in-chief of Philosophie Magazin for many years, hosts “Sternstunde Philosophie” on Swiss television and is a member of the program management of 'phil.COLOGNE'. His book “Zeit der Zauberer” was on the Spiegel bestseller list for months, was awarded the Bavarian Book Prize in 2018 and the prestigious Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger in France in 2019. Bestseller “Fire of Freedom” was published in 2020.
Prof. Dr. Claus Kiefer
Date of birth: April 25, 1958. Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Cologne Zülpicher Straße 77a, 50937 Cologne. kiefer[ät]thp.uni-koeln.de
http://www.thp.uni-koeln.de/gravitation/mitarbeiter/kiefer.html
Biographical details: see Claus Kiefer in Wikipedia
Date of birth: April 25, 1958. Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Cologne Zülpicher Straße 77a, 50937 Cologne. kiefer[ät]thp.uni-koeln.de
http://www.thp.uni-koeln.de/gravitation/mitarbeiter/kiefer.html
Biographical details: see Claus Kiefer in Wikipedia