ERR News – President Toomas Hendrik Ilves awarded the presidential award for best young scholar to Bruno Mölder.
Mölder’s field is philosophy of mind, a primary branch of analytical philosophy which deals with the role of a person’s mind or psyche as it relates to the natural world. Mölder is currently teaching courses on epistemology, metaphysics and philosophy of mind at the University of Tartu.
The 4,800-euro prize is awarded to a scholar who is of Estonian origin, is under 35, holds a PhD and is engaged in research at an Estonian or foreign research institution.