Sebastian Schmidt

Research

Epistemology
Metaethics

Area of Competence

Philosophy of Mind
Metaphilosophy
Moral Psychology
Animal Minds and Animal Ethics
Later Wittgenstein
Ancient Philosophy

Curriculum vitae

09/2022-08/2023	SNF Postdoc Mobility Fellow Project: "Towards a Relationship-Based Epistemology" University of Southern California (mentored by Ralph Wedgwood) and University of Glasgow (mentored by Mona Simion)
Since 09/2021	Research Associate at the African Center for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science (ACEPS), University of Johannesburg
Since 12/2020	Postdoc at the University of Zurich
02 – 03/2022	Visiting Research at ACEPS, University of Johannesburg
2015 – 2020	PhD in philosophy at Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) on responsibility and reasons for attitudes
2019 – 2020	Assistant at the University of Zurich
2014 – 2019	Scholarships of the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung)
04 – 07/2019	Research Assistant (Wiss. Mitarbeiter) at FAU (substitute)
2015 – 2019	Visiting Research at the University of California, Los Angeles, the City University of New York, and the University of Reading
2013 – 2018	Teaching Assistant and Student Assistant at FAU
2013 – 2015	Master of Arts in philosophy at FAU
2011 – 2014	Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and German studies at FAU

Teaching

Publications

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2023
- Journal Article
  - Meylan, Anne; Schmidt, Sebastian (2023). Refusing the COVID-19 vaccine: what’s wrong with that?. Philosophical Psychology:1-23.
2022
- Journal Article
  - Schmidt, Sebastian (2022). On believing indirectly for practical reasons. Philosophical Studies, 179(6):1795-1819.
  - Schmidt, Sebastian (2022). Blameworthiness for non-culpable attitudes. Australasian Journal of Philosophy:Epub ahead of print.
- Monograph
  - Schmidt, Sebastian (2022). The problem of mental responsibility: outlines of an ethics of mind. Erlangen-Nürnberg: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.
2021
- Journal Article
  - Schmidt, Sebastian (2021). Epistemic blame and the normativity of evidence. Erkenntnis:online.
- Book Section
  - Schmidt, Sebastian (2021). Wie vernünftig sind Verschwörungstheoretiker? Corona und intellektuelles Vertrauen. In: Keil, Geert; Jaster, Romy. Nachdenken über Corona. Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam jun. Verlag, 98-109.
2020
- Journal Article
  - Schmidt, Sebastian (2020). Rationality and responsibility. Australasian Philosophical Review, 4(4):379-385.
- Book Section
  - Schmidt, Sebastian (2020). Responsibility for attitudes, object-given reasons, and blame. In: Schmidt, Sebastian; Ernst, Gerhard. The ethics of belief and beyond : understanding mental normativity. Abingdon: Routledge, 149-175.
  - Schmidt, Sebastian (2020). Introduction: towards an ethics of mind. In: Schmidt, Sebastian; Ernst, Gerhard. The ethics of belief and beyond : understanding mental normativity. Abingdon: Routledge, 1-20.
  - Gaultier, Benoit (2020). Responsibility for doxastic strength grounds responsibility for belief. In: Schmidt, Sebastian; Ernst, Gerhard. The ethics of belief and beyond : understanding mental normativity. Abingdon: Routledge, 71-85.
- Edited Scientific Work
  - The ethics of belief and beyond : understanding mental normativity. Edited by: Schmidt, Sebastian; Ernst, Gerhard (2020). Abingdon: Routledge.
- Scientific Publication in Electronic Form
  - Schmidt, Sebastian (2020). Dürfen wir glauben, was wir wollen? Verantwortung für die eigene Meinung. Biel/Bienne: Philosophie.ch.
2019
- Journal Article
  - Schmidt, Sebastian (2019). Buchbesprechungen: Ralph Wedgwood: The Value of Rationality, 267 S., Oxford University Press, New York / Oxford 2017. Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung, 73(1):153-158.
  - Schmidt, Sebastian (2019). Buchbesprechungen: Errol Lord: The Importance of Being Rational, 253 S., Oxford University Press, New York / Oxford 2018. Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung, 73(2):302-307.
- Book Section
  - Kiesel, Dagmar; Schmidt, Sebastian (2019). Freier Wille, personale Identität und epistemische Ungewissheit. In: Kiesel, Dagmar; Ferrari, Cleophea. Willensfreiheit. Frankfurt a. M.: Vittorio Klostermann, 221-258.
2017
- Journal Article
  - Schmidt, Sebastian (2017). Why we should promote irrationality. Grazer Philosophische Studien, 94(4):605-615.
  - Schmidt, Sebastian (2017). Rezensionen: Wie Tierethik die Welt verändern kann und soll: Philosophie und Politik: Paola Cavalieri (Hrsg.): Philosophy and the Politics of Animal Liberation. Tierstudien, 12:175-176.
2016
- Journal Article
  - Schmidt, Sebastian (2016). Können wir uns entscheiden, etwas zu glauben? – Zur Möglichkeit und Unmöglichkeit eines doxastischen Willens. Grazer Philosophische Studien, 93(4):571-582.
  - Schmidt, Sebastian (2016). Buchbesprechungen: Miriam Schleifer McCormick: Believing Against the Evidence. Agency and the Ethics of Belief, 144 S., Routledge, London/New York 2015. Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung, 70(3):449-453.
  - Schmidt, Sebastian (2016). Buchbesprechungen: Herwig Grimm, Markus Wild: Tierethik, 251 S., Junius Verlag, Hamburg 2016. Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung, 70(4):605-610.

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