Sebastian Schmidt, Dr.
- Oberassistent / Senior teaching and research assistant (SNF Ambizione)
- Phone
- 044 634 31 07
- Address
- UZH, Philosophisches Seminar, Zürichbergstrasse 43, CH-8044 Zürich
- Room number
- G-228
Research
- Epistemology
- Metaethics
Area of Competence
- Philosophy of Mind
- Metaphilosophy
- Later Wittgenstein
- Ancient Philosophy
Curriculum vitae
| Since 09/2025 | Senior Research Assistant (Oberassistent, SNSF-Ambizione), University of Zurich (UZH) Project: Relational Epistemology |
Since 09/2021 |
Research Associate, African Centre for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science (ACEPS), University of Johannesburg |
12/2020 – 08/2025 |
Postdoc, Zurich Epistemology Group on Rationality (ZEGRa), University of Zurich (UZH) |
| 09/2022 – 08/2023 | SNF Postdoc Mobility Fellow, University of Southern California (USC) and University of Glasgow |
2015 – 2020 |
PhD in philosophy (summa cum laude), Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU); Dissertation: The Problem of Mental Responsibility. Outlines of an Ethics of Mind |
2019 – 2020 |
Research Assistant, Zurich Epistemology Group on Rationality (ZEGRa), University of Zurich (UZH) |
2014 – 2019 |
Fellow of the German Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung) |
04 – 07/2019 |
Research Assistant (Wiss. Mitarbeiter), Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU) (substitute) |
2015 – 2019 |
Visiting Researcher, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), City University of New York (CUNY), and University of Reading |
2013 – 2018 |
Teaching Assistant and Student Assistant, FAU |
2013 – 2015 |
Master of Arts in philosophy, FAU |
2011 – 2014 |
Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and German studies, FAU |
Teaching
Vorlesungsverzeichnis
| V-Nr | Course | Start / End | Date | Lecturers | Room |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3655 |
06ST160-017m
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from 19.09.2025
to 19.12.2025
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gemäss Ankündigung oder indiv. Vereinbarung | Sebastian Schmidt | siehe Details |
Publications
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Publications
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2025
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Journal Article
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Individuelle Verantwortung für Genozidleugnung: ein Kommmentar zu Melanie Altanians The epistemic injustice of genocide denialism. Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung, 79(2):265-269.
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Should we respond correctly to our reasons?. Episteme:Epub ahead of print.
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2024
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Doxastic dilemmas and epistemic blame. Philosophical Issues, 34(1):132-149.
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Epistemic blame and the normativity of evidence. Erkenntnis, 89:1-24.
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Blameworthiness for non-culpable attitudes. Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 102(1):48-64.
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Book Section
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Ist es erlaubt zu philosophieren?: Altruismus und das gute Leben. In: Kiesel, Dagmar; Schmidt, Sebastian; Smettan, Thomas. Altruismus: interdisziplinäre Perspektiven. Berlin: J.B. Metzler, 185-205.
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Edited Scientific Work
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Monograph
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Responsibility for rationality: foundations of an ethics of mind. New York: Routledge.
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2023
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Journal Article
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Incoherence and the balance of evidential reasons. Asian Journal of Philosophy, 2(2):50.
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Refusing the COVID-19 vaccine: what’s wrong with that?. Philosophical Psychology, 36(6):1102-1124.
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Introduction: Beyond evidence in epistemology. Philosophical Topics, 51(2):1-8.
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The ethics of belief in a burning world. Australasian Philosophical Review, 7(4):404-410.
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Edited Scientific Work
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2022
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Journal Article
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On believing indirectly for practical reasons. Philosophical Studies, 179(6):1795-1819.
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Monograph
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The problem of mental responsibility: outlines of an ethics of mind. Erlangen-Nürnberg: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.
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2021
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Book Section
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Wie vernünftig sind Verschwörungstheoretiker? Corona und intellektuelles Vertrauen. In: Keil, Geert; Jaster, Romy. Nachdenken über Corona. Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam jun. Verlag, 98-109.
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2020
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Journal Article
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Rationality and responsibility. Australasian Philosophical Review, 4(4):379-385.
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Book Section
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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.
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Introduction: towards an ethics of mind. In: Schmidt, Sebastian; Ernst, Gerhard. The ethics of belief and beyond : understanding mental normativity. Abingdon: Routledge, 1-20.
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