Sebastian Schmidt, Dr.
Contact: sebastian.schmidt@philos.uzh.ch
Research
Area of specialisation
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Epistemology
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(Meta)ethics
Area of competence
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Philosophy of Mind
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Metaphilosophy
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Moral Psychology
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Animal Minds and Animal Ethics
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Later Wittgenstein
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Ancient Philosophy
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Curriculum vitae
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09/2022-08/2023
SNSF Postdoc Mobility Fellow
Project: "Towards a Relationship-Based Epistemology" (Link)
University of Southern California & University of Glasgow
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09/2021– present
Research Associate
African Center for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science (ACEPS), led by Veli Mitova, University of Johannesburg (Link)
Visits: 02-03/2022; prospective visit in 2023
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12/2020 – present
Postdoctoral Researcher (Link)
University of Zurich
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10/2015 – 11/2020
Ph.D. in Philosophy
FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg
Dissertation: The Problem of Mental Responsibility (Link)
Funded by German Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung)
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04/2019 – 11/2020
Assistant (Wissenschaftlicher Assistent/Mitarbeiter)
University of Zurich, FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg
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2015 – 2019
Visiting Graduate Student
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), City University of New York (CUNY), University of Reading
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04/2011 – 09/2015
M.A. in Philosophy, B.A. in Philosophy and German Studies
FAU-Erlangen-Nuremberg
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Selected publications
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A) Monograph
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Responsibility for Rationality. Foundations of an Ethics of Mind
New York: Routledge (forthcoming)
Under contract for Routledge Studies in Epistemology series.
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B) Journal Articles
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Refusing the COVID-19 Vaccine: What's Wrong with That?
Philosophical Psychology (forthcoming)
with Anne Meylan
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On Believing Indirectly for Practical Reasons
Philosophical Studies 179 (2022), 1795-1819.
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Blameworthiness for Non-Culpable Attitudes
Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 1-17. Online first.
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Epistemic Blame and the Normativity of Evidence
Erkenntnis, 1-24. Online first.
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Rationality and Responsibility
Australasian Philosophical Review 4 (2020), 379-385.
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Why We Should Promote Irrationality
Grazer Philosophische Studien 94 (2017), 605-615.
Grazer Philosophische Studien 93 (2016), 571-582.
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C) Edited Volumes and Special Issues
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The Ethics of Belief and Beyond. Understanding Mental Normativity
New York: Routledge 2020 (Routledge Studies in Epistemology series)
with Gerhard Ernst
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Beyond Evidence in Epistemology.
forthcoming Special Issue of Philosophical Topics
with Anne Meylan, Melanie Sarzano, and Marie van Loon
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Altruismus. Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven
Berlin: J.B. Metzler (forthcoming)
with Dagmar Kiesel and Thomas Smettan
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