American Philosophical Association awards prestigious book prize Brandeis professor Berislav Marusic

Brandeis University philosophy professor Berislav Marusic has been awarded the 2016 Sanders Book Prize for his work “Evidence and Agency: Norms of Belief for Promising and Resolving” by the American Philosophical Association (APA).

The APA promotes the discipline and profession of philosophy in the academic and public arenas and supports the professional development of philosophers at all levels.

The award, which also carries a $7,000 prize, will be presented to Marusic at the APA’s Eastern Division meeting in Baltimore, Maryland on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017.

The Sanders Book Prize is awarded to the best book in philosophy of mind, metaphysics, or epistemology.

The book must also engage in the analytic tradition and be published in English during the last five years.