Spinoza '96

   The NWO Spinoza Awards
   Former Award Winners
   Spinoza Committee Report
   Acceptance Speech
   About Spinoza (ext.)
   van Benthem on Spinoza
   Johan van Benthem (ext.)

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The 1996 Spinoza Awards

Johan van Benthem receives one of the Spinoza Awards 96 , 10/10/96, De ronde Lutherse Kerk, Amsterdam

In October 1996 Johan van Benthem, professor of mathematical logic at the University of Amsterdam, was awarded one of the Spinoza prizes (2 mln hfl) by the National Dutch Organisation for Research (NWO), making possible the Logic in Action project. The other two prize winners in 1996 were Prof.dr. P. Nijkamp (professor in regional economics and economical geography, Free University in Amsterdam) and Prof.dr. G.A. Sawatzky (professor in material physics, State University Groningen)

About the Spinoza Awards

About the NWO Spinoza programma.
A list of past and present award winners.
The report of the commitee of the Spinoza 96 Awards on Johan van Benthem (in dutch).
Johan van Benthem's speech at the ceremony.

About Spinoza himself

An extensive website on the life and work of Spinoza.
Some remarks of Johan van Benthem on Spinoza and The First Golden Age.

About Johan van Benthem

Johan van Benthem's homepage.