Annual Competition · 2025
The Dialectic Prize.
Recognizing the year’s strongest philosophical writing submitted outside the regular issue cycle, judged blind by the full advisor board against a published rubric.
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Submissions received, 2025 cycle
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Winners published (3 placements, 3 honorable mentions)
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Academic advisors judging, blind to author identity
How entries are judged
A published rubric, not a closed panel’s taste.
The Dialectic Prize recognizes the year’s strongest philosophical writing submitted outside the regular issue cycle, judged blind by the full advisor board against a published rubric.
2025 results
The winners.
1st PlacePhilosophy of Mind
The Machine That Cannot Be Wrong: Trust, Testimony, and Artificial Authority
2nd PlaceEthics
Promises to the Dead
3rd PlacePolitical Philosophy
The Tyranny of the Marginal Voter
Honorable MentionEpistemology
Silence as Speech: Rethinking the Right Not to Testify
Honorable MentionEthics
What the Trolley Problem Forgets
Honorable MentionEthics