The Holberg Prize names British Philosopher Baroness Onora O'Neill as 2017 Laureate

(The University of Bergen) Today, The Holberg Prize -- one of the largest international prizes awarded annually to an outstanding researcher in the arts and humanities, the social sciences, law or theology -- named British author, scholar and Philosophy Professor Onora Sylvia O'Neill as its 2017 Laureate. O'Neill is an Honorary Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, at the University of Cambridge, and a crossbench member of the House of Lords. She will receive the financial award of NOK 4,500,000 (approx. USD 525,000).

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