
Sebastian Schmidt, Dr.
Research
Area of specialisation
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Epistemology
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(Meta)ethics
Area of interest
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Moral Psychology
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Animal ethics
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Later Wittgenstein
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Ancient Philosophy
Curriculum vitae
10/2015 – 11/2020
Ph.D. in philosophy, FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg
Title: The Problem of Mental Responsibility
10/2019 – 11/2020
Assistant, University of Zurich
04/2019 – 07/2019
Assistant (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter)
FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg
2015 – 2019
Visiting Graduate Student at UCLA (USA) mentored by P. Hieronymi, CUNY (USA) mentored by D. Papineau, and the University of Reading (UK) mentored by D. Owens.
10/2013 – 09/2015
M.A. in philosophy, FAU-Erlangen-Nuremberg
04/2011 – 03/2014
B.A. in philosophy and German studies
FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg
Selected publications
Rationality and Responsibility
Australasian Philosophical Review 5 (forthcoming in 2021; issue on John Broome's 'Rationality versus Normativity').
Why We Should Promote Irrationality
Grazer Philosophische Studien, 94: 605-615, 2017.
Können wir uns entscheiden, etwas zu glauben? Zur Möglichkeit und Unmöglichkeit eines doxastischen Willens
Grazer Philosophische Studien, 93: 571-581, 2016.
Responsibility for Attitudes, Object-Given Reasons, and Blame
S. Schmidt & G. Ernst, : The Ethics of Belief and Beyond, London: Routledge: 149-175, 2020.
Freier Wille, Personale Identität und epistemische Ungewissheit (with D. Kiesel)
D. Kiesel, D., C. Ferrari: Willensfreiheit, Frankfurt am Main: Klostermann, 221-258, 2019.