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 scott.scheall@asu.edu 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 20 th 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 armendt@asu.edu 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 pboettke@gmu.edu Bruce Caldwell Research Professor of Economics Director, Center for the History of Political Economy
Duke University Durham, North Carolina bruce.caldwell@duke.edu Richard Creath President s Professor Director, History and Philosophy of Science Program Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona creath@asu.edu Kevin Hoover Professor of Economics and Philosophy Duke University Durham, North Carolina kd.hoover@duke.edu