Cardinal Mercier Prize for International Philosophy
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The Cardinal Mercier Prize for International Philosophy is a prize given to recognise the recipients contribution to International Philosophy. The prize is named after the eminent theologian Cardinal Désiré-Joseph Mercier
and has been won by Archbishop Fulton Sheen
in 1923, John F. Wippel in 1981 and also Nicholas Rescher
who received the award in 2005.
Désiré-Joseph Mercier
-Early life and ordination:Désiré Mercier was born at the château du Castegier in Braine-l'Alleud, as the fifth of the seven children of Paul-Léon Mercier and his wife Anne-Marie Barbe Croquet....
and has been won by Archbishop Fulton Sheen
Fulton J. Sheen
Servant of God Fulton John Sheen, born Peter John Sheen was an American archbishop of the Catholic Church known for his preaching and especially his work on television and radio...
in 1923, John F. Wippel in 1981 and also Nicholas Rescher
Nicholas Rescher
Nicholas Rescher is an American philosopher at the University of Pittsburgh. In a productive research career extending over six decades, Rescher has established himself as a systematic philosopher of the old style and author of a system of pragmatic idealism which weaves together threads of...
who received the award in 2005.