The Latsis Foundation (French: Fondation Latsis internationale ) is a charitable foundation, founded in 1975 by the Greek shipping magnate John Latsis . Amongst other prizes and symposia, it funds the University Latsis Prizes (awarded by the University of Geneva , the University of St. Gallen , the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne and the ETH Zurich ), the Swiss Science Prize Latsis (awarded by the Swiss National Science Foundation ) and the European Latsis Prize (awarded by the European Science Foundation ) until 2012.
3-566: It has endowed the Lakatos Award . The foundation is based in Geneva . This article about a philanthropic or charitable organization is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about an organisation in Greece is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Lakatos Award The Lakatos Award is given annually for an outstanding contribution to
6-639: The philosophy of science , widely interpreted. The contribution must be in the form of a monograph , co-authored or single-authored, and published in English during the previous six years. The award is in memory of the influential Hungarian philosopher of science and mathematics Imre Lakatos , whose tenure as Professor of Logic at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) was cut short by his early and unexpected death. While administered by an international management committee organised from
9-611: The LSE, it is independent of the LSE Department of Philosophy, Logic, and Scientific Method, with many of the committee's members being academics from other institutions. The value of the award, which has been endowed by the Latsis Foundation , is £10,000, and to take it up a successful candidate must visit the LSE and deliver a public lecture. The award is administered by the following committee: The Committee makes
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