We are pleased to announce that Professor Quassim Cassam has been awarded the highly prestigious Mind Senior Research Fellowship in Philosophy for the Academic year 2012-13.

These fellowships (for which only one is awarded per year) are intended for senior academics with a proven track record of high quality research in any area of Philosophy to release them from administrative and teaching duties in order to pursue a period of sustained research. The fellowships are awarded in recognition of the distinction of the applicant's work, and above all of the exceptional interest and importance of the project proposed. Professor Cassam will spend the fellowship period writing a book on self-knowledge and irrationality, building on the ideas contained in his 2011 Aristotelian Society Presidential Address 'Knowing What You Believe'.