FSU philosopher gets NEH fellowship

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<p>Alfred Mele, the William H. and Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University, has just received a 2007-08 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship to write a book that combines recent data in neuroscience and social and cognitive psychology with the philosophy of action.</p>

<p>“Alfred Mele is a star in the philosophy of action,” said one NEH panelist in rating Mele’s proposal. “His proposed project is something rather unusual in philosophy. He wants to reinterpret the findings of experimental psychologists in a philosophically informed and sophisticated way.”

The $40,000 fellowship will allow Mele to write the book, his seventh, during a 2007-08 sabbatical leave from FSU. The fellowships are highly competitive; only 153 of the nearly 1,400 proposals received funding this year. This is not Mele's first NEH fellowship, however. He also received awards in 1985-86, 1992-93 and 1999-2000.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The complete article may be found at: &lt;a href="http://www.fsu.com/pages/2007/01/23/NEHFellowship.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.fsu.com/pages/2007/01/23/NEHFellowship.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;