Website www.davidschmidtz.com Role Philosopher Region Western philosophy Influenced Jason Brennan | Notable ideas Justice as a map Name David Schmidtz Education University of Arizona | |
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Alma mater University of Saskatchewan
University of Arizona Era Contemporary philosophy Main interests Rational choice, game theory, political philosophy Influenced by Vernon L. Smith, Robert Nozick, Jules Coleman Books The elements of justice, A Brief History of Liberty, Social welfare and indivi, Person - Polis - Planet: E, Rational choice and moral ag Similar People Jason Brennan, Robert Nozick, Robert E Goodin, Jan Narveson, Vernon L Smith | ||
Schools of thought Political philosophy | ||
David schmidtz on preparing for the academic job market part 1
David Schmidtz (born 1955) is a Canadian-American philosopher currently serving as Kendrick Professor of Philosophy (College of Social and Behavioral Sciences) and Eller Chair of Service-Dominant Logic (College of Management) at the University of Arizona.
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- David schmidtz on preparing for the academic job market part 1
- Applied Philosophy David Schmidtz
- Education
- Teaching career
- Books
- Journals
- References
Applied Philosophy David Schmidtz
Education
Schmidtz grew up in Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Canada. In 1983, he received his B.A. in philosophy from the University of Saskatchewan. He earned an M.A. in philosophy from the University of Arizona in 1985, and an M.A. in economics, also from the University of Arizona, in 1987. Schmidtz earned his PhD at the University of Arizona under the direction of Allen Buchanan. He also studied with Joel Feinberg and Keith Lehrer, Holly Martin Smith, Mark Isaac, and Vernon Smith.
Teaching career
In 1988, Schmidtz took a job as an assistant professor at Yale University. He was promoted to associate professor in 1991. He left Yale after six years, going on to teach three semesters at Bowling Green State University. Schmidtz joined the faculty of the University of Arizona in 1995. He was promoted to professor of philosophy and joint professor of economics in 1998.
Schmidtz taught first-year property as a visiting professor at Florida State University College of Law in 2007. In the 2014-15 academic year, he was a national Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar and John Stuart Mill Professor at Hamburg University. Schmidtz is the founding director of the Freedom Center at the University of Arizona.
Among his former doctoral students are Walter Glannon, Lainie Friedman Ross, Linda Radzik, Steve Scalet, Rhonda Smith, Matt Zwolinski, Cara Nine, Jason Brennan, Matt Bedke, Chris Brown, Chris Freiman, Daniel Silvermint, Keith Hankins, John Thrasher, and Dan Shahar.
Books
He is author of Elements of Justice, Rational Choice and Moral Agency, co-author of Social Welfare and Individual Responsibility (a “For & Against” book with Robert Goodin) and editor of a volume on Robert Nozick in the Cambridge University Press "Contemporary Philosophy in Focus" series. He also co-edited Environmental Ethics: What Really Matters, What Really Works (Oxford) with Elizabeth Willott (1955-2015); a third edition of this book with co-editor Dan Shahar is forthcoming. His first book, The Limits of Government: An Essay on the Public Goods Argument, combined his interests in moral philosophy and economic analysis. Schmidtz has also written on rational choice theory and environmental ethics.
Journals
He has published articles in many journals, including the Journal of Philosophy, Ethics, and Political Theory along with reviews in journals such as Philosophical Review, Canadian Journal of Philosophy, and Mind. Ninety of his essays have been (or are in the process of being) reprinted, including Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Turkish, Italian, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Hebrew, and German translations. Thirteen of his essays (one previously unpublished, on Peter Singer's approach to moral theory) were published by Oxford Press as Person, Polis, Planet in 2008. A Brief History of Liberty (Wiley-Blackwell), with co-author Jason Brennan appeared in 2010. He is now working on Markets In Education (Oxford) with Harry Brighouse.
Schmidtz is editor-in-chief of the Cambridge Press journal Social Philosophy and Policy.