Volker Gerhardt is to receive the Karl Jaspers Prize for his outstanding philosophical work and his contribution to public life. Heidelberg University is awarding the prize worth 25,000 euros jointly with the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the City of Heidelberg. The honour goes to Prof. Gerhardt not only for his ground-breaking studies in the history of philosophy and seminal systematic writings on reason rooted in existence but also for his role as a "public intellectual" intervening in societal debates. Volker Gerhardt is a Senior Professor teaching at Berlin’s Humboldt University. ...
