We are pleased to announce that Lorenzo Sartori has been awarded The John Watkins Memorial Prize 2023 – Congratulations!

LSE Philosophy PhD Student Lorenzo Sartori has been awarded the Prize in recognition of his outstanding paper ‘Putting the “Experiment” back into the “Thought Experiment”’, which has been published in the journal Synthese.

The John Watkins Memorial Prize
The John Watkins Memorial Prize is offered every year to continuing students, graduate or undergraduate, for distinguished achievement in any of the areas in which Professor John Watkins worked. All current postgraduate research students in the Department are eligible for the award. John Watkins was Professor of Philosophy at the London School of Economics from 1966 until his retirement in 1989. After his retirement, Watkins played a leading role in establishing the Lakatos Award in the Philosophy of Science.