Research

 

Area of specialisation

• Epistemology

• (Meta)ethics

 

Area of interest

• Moral Psychology

• Animal Ethics

• Later Wittgenstein

• Ancient Philosophy

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Curriculum vitae

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09/2021– present

Research Associate

African Center for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science (ACEPS), University of Johannesburg

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12/2020 – present

Postdoctoral Researcher

University of Zurich

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02/2022 – 03/2022

Visiting Research

African Center for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science (ACEPS), University of Johannesburg, mentored by V. Mitova

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10/2015 – 11/2020

Ph.D. in Philosophy

FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg

Title of Dissertation: The Problem of Mental Responsibility. Outlines of an Ethics of Mind

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10/2019 – 11/2020

Assistant

University of Zurich

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04/2019 – 07/2019

Assistant (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter)

FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg

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2015 – 2019

Visiting Graduate Student

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), mentored by P. Hieronymi

City University of New York (CUNY), mentored by D. Papineau

University of Reading, mentored by D. Owens.

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10/2013 – 09/2015

M.A. in Philosophy

FAU-Erlangen-Nuremberg

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04/2011 – 03/2014

B.A. in Philosophy and German Studies

FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg

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Selected publications

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Edited Volumes

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Schmidt, S. & Ernst, G. (2020). The Ethics of Belief and Beyond. Understanding Mental Normativity

New York: Routledge (Routledge Studies in Epistemology series).

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Journal Articles

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Schmidt, S. (2022). Blameworthiness for Non-Culpable Attitudes

Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 1-17. Online first.

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Schmidt, S. (2021). On Believing Indirectly for Practical Reasons

Philosophical Studies, 1-25. Online first.

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Schmidt, S. (2021). Epistemic Blame and the Normativity of Evidence

Erkenntnis, 1-24. Online first.

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Schmidt, S. (2020). Rationality and Responsibility

Australasian Philosophical Review 4, 379-385.

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Schmidt, S. (2017). Why We Should Promote Irrationality

Grazer Philosophische Studien 94 , 605-615.

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