Sofia Aronson wins inaugural undergraduate Grover Maxwell Memorial Prize for excellence in Philosophy of Science
The Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science would like to announce that Sofia Aronson has been awarded the inaugural Grover Maxwell Memorial Prize, given annually to an undergraduate philosophy student with an outstanding record in philosophy of science.
Sofia Aronson is from Duluth, Minnesota. She is interested in the philosophy of science, feminist philosophy, and ethics. Combining these interests, she has studied feminist philosophy of science and the exclusion of marginalized perspectives in (philosophy of) science. For instance, Sofia has researched philosopher and logician Rose Rand (1903–1980), an overlooked and marginalized member of the Vienna Circle.
During the summer of 2025, Sofia took part in the Pittsburgh Summer Program for Philosophy of Science, which selects 15 outstanding undergraduates in philosophy to participate in seminars and workshops on philosophy of science and academic philosophy.
After graduation, Sofia is taking a gap year that she hopes to fill with lots of reading, writing, and applying for grad school in philosophy.
Congratulations, Sofia!
About the Award
The Grover Maxwell Prize is given annually to an undergraduate philosophy student with an outstanding record in philosophy of science and comes with an award of $300. The funds for the prize were provided by friends and colleagues of Grover Maxwell (1918–1981), longtime faculty member of the Department of Philosophy and Director (1971–1980) of MCPS, after his passing in 1981.
