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Zerby Essay Prize Winner 2009: Karl DeVries
The Zerby Essay Prize this year goes to Karl DeVries for his essay entitled Kant’s Refutation of the Ontological Argument. The following is taken from the selection committee’s report: “The winner of this year’s Zerby Prize tackled one of the most enduring and challenging arguments for the existence of God, namely the ontological argument. In a [read on] careful, consistent, and clear way, Karl DeVries shows what’s right (and wrong) with Immanuel Kant’s criticisms of this influential argument” and “A lot of lean meat, virtually no fat or extra spices, but extremely well argued.”
Congratulations to Karl!!
You can read his essay by clicking on the link (pdf) at the end of this post.
Karl DeVries
Karl DeVriesKarl DeVries - Zerby Prize Winner 2009
Parents:
Ken and Shirley DeVries
Karl is at MSU since Fall ‘06
Hometown:
Grand Rapids Michigan
Major:
Philosophy (He is about to add Linguistics)
Other awards:
The Martin Benjamin and Bruce Miller Award ‘07
Involvement in student activities:
Philosophy Club, Research Assistant, MSU Language Acquisition Lab, Philosophy Tutor
Do you have plans for the future? If so, which ones?
Karl plans to go to grad school in either philosophy or linguistics
