Scott Scheall, PhD
Curriculum Vitae February 2015
INSTITUTIONAL ADDRESSES:
F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Mercatus Center at George Mason University 3434 Washington Blvd, 4th Floor Arlington, VA 22201
Arizona State University at the Polytechnic Campus Department of Science, Technology, and Society 230 Santa Catalina Hall 7271 E. Sonoran Arroyo Mall Mesa, AZ 85212
HOME ADDRESS:
4217 University Drive Fairfax, VA 602.828.1675 [email protected]
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., Philosophy, Arizona State University, December 2012 Dissertation: Slaves of the Defunct: The Epistemic Intractability of the Hayek-Keynes Debate Areas of Specialization: History and Philosophy of Economics; Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE); Social and Political Philosophy Areas of Competence: Epistemology; History of Philosophy (Modern and 20th Century Analytic); Metaphysics; Philosophy of Science; Value Theory
M.A., Philosophy, Arizona State University, December 2007 Concentrations: Philosophy of Economics, Metaphysics
B.A., Economics, Arizona State University, 1999
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS:
8/14 – Present George Mason University, Mercatus Center F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Postdoctoral Fellow
9/13 – 8/14 Duke University Center for the History of Political Economy Research Fellow
1/10 – Present Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus Department of Science, Technology, and Society Lecturer / Instructor
PUBLICATIONS:
Refereed Journal Articles:
“Later Wittgenstein and the Problem of Easy Knowledge” Philosophical Investigations – July 2011
“Hayek the Apriorist?” Journal of the History of Economic Thought – Spring 2015
“Slaves of the Defunct: The Epistemic Intractability of the Hayek-Keynes Debate” Journal of Economic Methodology – Forthcoming (2015)
“Hayek’s Epistemic Theory of Industrial Fluctuations” History of Economic Ideas – Forthcoming (2015)
Book Chapters:
“Editors’ Introduction” (with Luca Fiorito and Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak) Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, 2015 volume
“Introduction to ‘The Postwar Austrian Diaspora: The Recent History of the Austrian School of Economics’” Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, 2016 volume – Forthcoming (Winter / Spring 2016)
Book Reviews:
“Review of Hayek and Behavioral Economics” Journal of the History of Economic Thought – Forthcoming (Summer 2015)
Manuscripts in Submission:
“A Hayekian Explanation of Hayek’s Epistemic Turn” Economic Thought – Under review
“Lesser Degrees of Explanation: Some Implications of F.A. Hayek’s Methodology of Sciences of Complex Phenomena” Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics – Under review
“Kinds of Scientific Rationalism: The Case for Methodological Liberalism” HOPOS: The Journal of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science – Under review
“A Brief Note Concerning Hayek’s Non-Standard Conception of Knowledge” Review of Austrian Economics – Under review
WORKS-IN-PROGRESS:
Book:
Politics as a Knowledge Problem: F.A. Hayek and the Epistemic Burden of Effective Policymaking
Edited Volumes:
As Series Co-Editor (with Luca Fiorito and Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak):
Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, 2015 volume – Forthcoming (Winter / Spring 2015)
As Series Co-editor (with Luca Fiorito and Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak) and Volume Editor:
Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, 2016 volume: “The Postwar Austrian Diaspora: The Recent History of the Austrian School of Economics” – Forthcoming (Winter / Spring 2016)
As Volume Co-editor (with Reinhard Schumacher):
Biography of Carl Menger, by Karl Menger
Papers:
“Traces of Helmholtz, Mach, and Schlick in Hayek’s Epistemology”
“Menger and Son, Methodologists”
“Karl Menger’s Peculiar Place in the Vienna Circle of Logical Positivism”
“Karl Menger’s Peculiar Place in the Austrian School of Economics”
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS:
2014-2015 Postdoctoral Fellowship – F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University
2014 Young Scholar Award – History of Economics Society, Annual Conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2014 Book Completion Fellowship – F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University
2014 Archivist Intern – Duke University, Center for the History of Political Economy and David M. Rubinstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Karl Menger Papers Collection
2013-2014 Research Fellow – Duke University, Center for the History of Political Economy
2013 National Endowment for the Humanities 2013 Summer Institute on The History of Political Economy – Duke University, Center for the History of Political Economy
2012 Duke Summer Institute on the History of Economic Thought – Duke University, Center for the History of Political Economy
2007 Graduate Student Award – Arizona State University, Department of Philosophy
2007 Best Graduate Student Paper, “Anti-Compositionism: Nihilism, Gunk, and Temporal Parts” – Intermountain West Student Philosophy Conference, University of Utah, March 30, 2007
PRESENTATIONS:
“Kinds of Scientific Rationalism” New York University, NYU Colloquium on Market Institutions and Economic Processes, New York, NY October 27, 2014
Précis of Hayek’s Liberalisms Duke University, Center for the History of Political Economy, Durham, NC October 10, 2014
“A Hayekian Explanation of Hayek’s ‘Epistemic Turn’” History of Economics Society, Annual Conference, Young Scholars Award Session, Montreal, Quebec, Canada June 23, 2014
“Economics and Ignorance: Hayek’s Epistemic Theory of Industrial Fluctuations” New York University, NYU Colloquium on Market Institutions and Economic Processes, New York, NY October 7, 2013
“Economics and Ignorance: Hayek’s Epistemic Theory of Industrial Fluctuations” George Mason University, PPE (Philosophy, Politics, and Economics) Workshop, F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, Fairfax, VA October 3, 2013
“Economics and Ignorance: Hayek’s Epistemic Theory of Industrial Fluctuations” Duke University, Center for the History of Political Economy, Durham, NC September 27, 2013
“Slaves of the Defunct: The Epistemic Intractability of the Hayek-Keynes Debate” North Carolina State University, Austrian Economics Forum, Raleigh, NC September 13, 2013
“Hayek the Apriorist?” History of Economics Society, Annual Conference, Vancouver, B.C., Canada June 23, 2013
“A Hayekian Philosophy of Sports” – Commentary on Tara A. Smith’s “What Are We Cheering? Sport and the Value of Valuing” American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division Meeting, Washington, D.C. December 28, 2011
“Predictive Success in Economic Science” Arizona State University Philosophy Graduate Student Colloquium Series, December 4, 2009
“Ontological Inquiry and the Presupposition of Pluralism” Southwest Graduate Conference in Philosophy, Arizona State University, March 2, 2008.
“The Limits of Causal Explanation in Economics” Arizona State University Graduate Student Conference, November 3, 2007.
“Anti-Compositionism: Nihilism, Gunk, and Temporal Parts” Intermountain West Student Philosophy Conference, University of Utah, March 30, 2007.
“Mistaking Identities” – Commentary on Nathan Placencia’s “Discovering Identities” Southwest Graduate Conference in Philosophy, Arizona State University, March 3, 2007.
“Anti-Compositionism: Nihilism, Gunk, and Temporal Parts” Arizona State University Graduate Student Conference, November 4, 2006.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
1/10 – Present Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus Department of Science, Technology, and Society Lecturer / Instructor: Research Methods in Social Science Philosophy of Science and Technology Science, Technology, and Society Science and Social Theory Social Effects of Science and Technology Science, Technology, and Government Political Economy: Public Policy and Economic Crises
8/09 – 12/09 Scottsdale Community College Social and Behavioral Sciences Department Adjunct Faculty: Introduction to Philosophy
8/09 – 12/09 Glendale Community College Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies Adjunct Faculty: Introduction to Philosophy
8/08 – 6/13 Chandler Gilbert Community College Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies Adjunct Faculty: Introduction to Philosophy Introduction to Logic Introduction to Ethics
8/07 – 6/13 Arizona State University Department of Philosophy Faculty Associate: Introduction to Philosophy On Political and Economic Freedom Individualized Instruction (Philosophy of Physics)
8/06 – 12/06 Arizona State University University College Teaching Assistant: Exploratory Student Success
OTHER RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE:
6/07 – 7/10 Arizona State University Department of Philosophy Undergraduate Student Advisor
PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC SERVICE:
3/14 – Present Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology Co-editor (with Luca Fiorito and Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak)
8/11 – Present Arizona State University College of Letters and Sciences Curriculum Committee
8/08 – 5/12 Arizona State University School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies Philosophy PhD Program Faculty Committee Liaison
6/07 – 7/10 Arizona State Undergraduate Philosophy Club Faculty Advisor
Referee for History of Political Economy, Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, Review of Austrian Economics, Philosophia: Philosophical Quarterly of Israel
THESIS COMMITTEE PARTICIPATION:
Diego DeNicola – Senior Thesis Committee Member “The Morality of Markets”
Cameron Eskandari – Senior Thesis Committee Member “The Austrian Theory of the Business Cycle”
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
American Political Science Association Member: 2014 - Present
European Society for the History of Economic Thought Member: 2014 – Present
Society for the Development of Austrian Economics Member: 2014 - Present
International Network for Economic Methodology Member: 2013 – Present
History of Economics Society Member: 2013 – Present
American Economic Association Member: 2011 – Present
Royal Economic Society Member: 2010 – Present
Philosophy of Science Association Member: 2008 – Present
American Philosophical Association Member: 2006 – Present
REFERENCES:
Brad Armendt Associate Professor School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies Arizona State University – Tempe, Arizona [email protected]
Peter Boettke University Professor of Economics and Philosophy BB&T Professor for the Study of Capitalism Vice President for Research and Director of the F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center George Mason University – Fairfax, Virginia [email protected]
Bruce Caldwell Research Professor of Economics Director, Center for the History of Political Economy Duke University – Durham, North Carolina [email protected]
Richard Creath President’s Professor Director, History and Philosophy of Science Program Arizona State University – Tempe, Arizona [email protected]
Kevin Hoover Professor of Economics and Philosophy Duke University – Durham, North Carolina [email protected]