The Rolf Schock Prizes were established and endowed by bequeath of philosopher and artist Rolf Schock (1933-1986). Rolf Schock (1933&ndash1986 philosopher and artist was born in France of German parents The prizes were first awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1993 and have been awarded every two years since. ('stɔkhɔlm is Sweden 's Capital and its largest City. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Each recipient currently receives SEK400,000 (ca. US$59,000). The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been
The Prizes are awarded in four categories and decided by committees of three of the Swedish Royal Academies:
Laureates in Logic and Philosophy
Laureates in Mathematics
Laureates in Visual Arts
Laureates in Musical Arts
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The Royal Academies are independent organisations founded on Royal command that act to promote the arts culture and science in Sweden. Logic is the study of the principles of valid demonstration and Inference. Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence knowledge truth beauty justice validity mind and language The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences or Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden. Mathematics is the body of Knowledge and Academic discipline that studies such concepts as Quantity, Structure, Space and The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences or Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden. The visual arts are art forms that focus on the creation of works which are primarily Visual in nature such as Painting, Photography The Royal Swedish Academy of Arts or Kungl Akademien för de fria konsterna, founded in 1773 by King Gustav III, is one of the Royal Academies Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. The Royal Swedish Academy of Music or Kungl Musikaliska Akademien, founded in 1771 by King Gustav III, is one of the Royal Academies in Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Willard Van Orman Quine (June 25 1908 Akron, Ohio &ndash December 25 2000 (known to intimates as "Van" The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Sir Michael Anthony Eardley Dummett FBA DLitt (born 1925 is a leading British Philosopher. 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