The Students of Philosophy Association would like to congratulate both Andrew Wilcox and Gabriel Bidner, both B.A. Philosophy Honors program students, on their recent awarding of a Concordia Undergraduate Student Research Award (CUSRA) for the summer of 2023.
Gabriel Bidner, Honors Philosophy with a minor in linguistics, will be working with Dr. Gregory Lavers on his project “The Role of Phenomenal Experiences in the Foundations of Mathematics.”
Gabriel’s project is aimed at developing an understanding of the roles, if any, that phenomenal experiences play in shaping our understanding of mathematical concepts through an analysis of letters exchanged between Edmund Husserl and Gottlob Frege.
Andrew Wilcox, Honors Philosophy with a minor in professional writing, will be working with Dr. Nabeel Hamid on his project “Dilthey on Historicity and Individuality in the Human Sciences.”
Andrew’s project aims to understand Wilhelm Dilthey’s (1833-1911) historicist approach to the notion of individuality in the human sciences, through a close study of Dilthey’s major works, and answer the following questions:
- What is the individual’s relation to the world, according to Dilthey?
- How does Dilthey’s historicism condition his concept of an individual?
- How does Dilthey’s account of humans as historical species inform his account of the epistemology of the human sciences (especially psychology)?
The CUSRA is a funded summer-research project meant to stimulate interest in research and research-creation projects to supplement coursework and enhance preparation for graduate studies. CUSRA winners spend their summer researching their project full-time while receiving biweekly funding over a 16-week period of the summer (May-August). The Office of the Vice-President, Research and Graduate Studies (VPRGS) usually gives out two or three of these awards each year to philosophy students, from recommendations of the department of philosophy.
These awards are a great opportunity for students to deepen their study of a topic of their interest and get a feel for self-guided research, such as what you would do in graduate studies.
CUSRA applicants must secure a sponsor, a professor at Concordia, to nominate them and supervise their project. Then, they fill out a student form, and the sponsor fills out a form, then the student must submit a CV and student record with their application.
CUSRA Applications are usually due in February of that same year (March 1st this year).
See more detailed information about the CUSRA and CUSRA guidelines.
Congratulations!
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