title: Karl Jaspers Prize
text: # Karl Jaspers Prize
  
  The Karl Jaspers Prize or Karl-Jaspers-Preis is a German philosophy award named after Karl Jaspers and awarded by the city of Heidelberg and the University of Heidelberg. It was first awarded in 1983 "for a scientific work of international significance supported by philosophical spirit". The Karl Jaspers Prize was initially endowed with 5,000 euros, though since 2013 this has increased to €25,000. Next to the Friedrich Nietzsche Prize it is one of the highest awards in Germany awarded exclusively for philosophical achievements.
  
  ## Award winners
  
  | Year | Winner | Nationality |
  | - | - | - |
  | 2019 | Rudolf G. Wagner | Germany |
  | 2017 | Jan Assmann and Aleida Assmann | Germany |
  | 2014 | Hans Maier [de] | Germany |
  | 2008 | Jean-Luc Marion | France |
  | 2004 | Michael Theunissen [de] | Germany |
  | 2001 | Robert Spaemann | Germany |
  | 1998 | Jean Starobinski | Switzerland |
  | 1995 | Jürgen Habermas | Germany |
  | 1992 | Jeanne Hersch | Switzerland |
  | 1989 | Paul Ricœur | France |
  | 1986 | Hans-Georg Gadamer | Germany |
  | 1983 | Emmanuel Levinas | France |
  