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Scott Scheall is assistant professor and director of graduate studies in the faculty of social science in ASU's College of Integrative Sciences and Arts. He received his doctorate in philosophy from ASU in 2012. He is a former research fellow with Duke University’s Center for the History of Political Economy and a former postdoctoral fellow with the F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at George Mason University. Scheall is co-editor of Research in the History of Economy Thought and Methodology and co-host of Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast.
Ph.D. Philosophy, Arizona State University 2012
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:
History and Philosophy of Social Science
Philosophy of Science / Science, Technology, and Society
Social and Political Philosophy
AREAS OF COMPETENCE:
Epistemology
History of Philosophy (Modern and 20th-Century Analytic)
Metaphysics
Value Theory
Refereed Journal Articles:
“Karl Menger as Son of Carl Menger” (Lead author with Reinhard Schumacher)
History of Political Economy – Forthcoming, Issue TBD
“What is Extreme about Mises’ Extreme Apriorism?”
Journal of Economic Methodology – 2017, Volume 24, Issue 3, pp. 226-249
“A Brief Note Concerning Hayek’s Non-Standard Conception of Knowledge”
Review of Austrian Economics – 2016, Volume 29, Issue 2, pp. 205-210
“A Hayekian Explanation of Hayek’s ‘Epistemic Turn’”
Economic Thought – 2015, Volume 4, No 2, pp. 32-47
“Slaves of the Defunct: The Epistemic Intractability of the Hayek-Keynes Debate”
Journal of Economic Methodology – 2015, Volume 22, Issue 2, pp. 215-234
“Lesser Degrees of Explanation: Further Implications of F.A. Hayek’s Methodology of Sciences of Complex Phenomena”
Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics – Spring 2015, Volume 8, Issue 1, pp. 42-60
“Hayek’s Epistemic Theory of Industrial Fluctuations”
History of Economic Ideas – 2015, Volume XXIII, Issue 1, pp. 101-122
“Hayek the Apriorist?”
Journal of the History of Economic Thought – March 2015, Volume 37, Issue 1, pp. 87-110
“Later Wittgenstein and the Problem of Easy Knowledge”
Philosophical Investigations – July 2011, Volume 34, Issue 3, pp. 268-286
Book Chapters:
“F.A. Hayek, 1899-1992: Political Economist and Philosopher of Civilization”
Great Economic Thinkers, Jonathan Conlin, editor; forthcoming 2018, Reaktion Books (UK) / University of Chicago Press (U.S.)
Book Reviews:
“Review of The Collected Works of F.A. Hayek, Volume 14: The Sensory Order and Other Writings on the Foundations of Theoretical Psychology”
Journal of the History of Economic Thought – Forthcoming, Issue TBD
“Review of Thomas C. Leonard’s Illiberal Reformers: Race, Eugenics, and American Economics in the Progressive Era”
Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology – 2017, Volume 35B, Forthcoming, pp. 375-381
“Review of Alexander Linsbichler’s Was Ludwig von Mises a Conventionalist? A New Analysis of the Epistemology of the Austrian School of Economics”
Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics – Autumn 2017, Volume 10, Number 2, pp. 110-115
“Review of James A. Harris’ Hume: An Intellectual Biography”
Review of Political Economy – 2017, Volume 29, Issue 3, pp. 480-484
“Review of Hayek and Behavioral Economics”
Journal of the History of Economic Thought – June 2015, Volume 37, Issue 2, pp. 334-337
Editorial Introductions:
Editorial Introduction to Symposium on “The MacLean Controversy” (with Andrew Farrant)
Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology – 2019, Volume TBD
Volume Introduction (with Luca Fiorito and Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak)
Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology – 2018, Volume 37A (Forthcoming January 2019)
Volume Introduction (with Luca Fiorito and Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak)
Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology – 2018, Volume 36C (Forthcoming December 2018)
Volume Introduction (with Luca Fiorito and Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak)
Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology – 2018, Volume 36B (Forthcoming October 2018)
Volume Introduction (with Luca Fiorito and Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak)
Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology – 2018, Volume 36A
Editorial Introduction to Symposium on “Bruce Caldwell’s Beyond Positivism after 35 Years”
Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology – 2018, Volume 36A
Volume Introduction (with Luca Fiorito and Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak)
Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology – 2017, Volume 35B
Volume Introduction (with Luca Fiorito and Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak)
Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology – 2017, Volume 35A
Volume Introduction (with Luca Fiorito and Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak)
Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology – 2016, Volume 34B
Volume Introduction (with Luca Fiorito and Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak)
Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology – 2016, Volume 34A
Introduction to Symposium on “The Postwar Austrian Diaspora – A Symposium on Austrian Economics in the Wake of World War II”
Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology – 2016, Volume 34A
Volume Introduction (with Luca Fiorito and Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak)
Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology – 2015, Volume 33
WORKS-IN-PROGRESS:
Books:
F.A. Hayek, Economics, and the Epistemology of Politics
Routledge (under contract)
Papers:
“Social Disorder as Epistemic Phenomena: The Political Economy and Epistemology of Government Dietary Guidelines” (Lead author with William N. Butos and Thomas J. McQuade)
“A Brief Note concerning Ignorance and the Incentive Structure confronting Policymakers”
“On the Method Appropriate to Hayek Studies”
“Three Criteria of an Epistemically Feasible Political Philosophy”
“Dialogues Concerning Natural Politics”
“Karl Menger’s Peculiar Place in the Vienna Circle of Logical Positivism”
“Karl Menger’s Peculiar Place in the Austrian School of Economics”
“The Life of Carl Menger: New Insights into the Biography of the Father of Austrian Economics” (Second author with Reinhard Schumacher)
“What Did Mathematics Do to Economic Explanation? Incommensurability in the Böhm-Bawerk/Fisher Controversy Over Simultaneous Equations” (Second author with Avi J. Cohen)
| Fall 2018 | |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| STS 304 | Science, Tech, and Society |
| ISS 502 | Adv Seminar Integrated Soc Sci |
| ISS 518 | Science, Tech & Social Systems |
| Summer 2018 | |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| STS 304 | Science, Tech, and Society |
| Spring 2018 | |
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| STS 304 | Science, Tech, and Society |
| Fall 2017 | |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| STS 304 | Science, Tech, and Society |
| STS 331 | Ethical Issues in Sci and Tech |
| Summer 2017 | |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| STS 304 | Science, Tech, and Society |
| POS 346 | Problems of Democracy |
| Spring 2017 | |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| STS 302 | Philosophy of Science & Tech |
| STS 304 | Science, Tech, and Society |
| STS 305 | Science and Social Theory |
| Fall 2016 | |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| STS 302 | Philosophy of Science & Tech |
| STS 304 | Science, Tech, and Society |
| STS 305 | Science and Social Theory |
| Summer 2016 | |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| PHI 311 | Philosophy and Literature |
| PHI 394 | Special Topics |
| Spring 2016 | |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| PHI 101 | Introduction to Philosophy |
| PHI 103 | Principles of Sound Reasoning |
| PHI 120 | Intro to Medical and Bioethics |
| STS 302 | Philosophy of Science & Tech |
| STS 305 | Science and Social Theory |
| Fall 2015 | |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| PHI 101 | Introduction to Philosophy |
| STS 301 | Research in Sci & Tech Studies |
| STS 302 | Philosophy of Science & Tech |
| Spring 2015 | |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| STS 301 | Research in Sci & Tech Studies |
| STS 306 | Social Effects of Science Tech |
| Fall 2014 | |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| STS 302 | Philosophy of Science & Tech |
| STS 305 | Science and Social Theory |
| Summer 2014 | |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| STS 301 | Research in Sci & Tech Studies |
| Spring 2014 | |
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| Course Number | Course Title |
| STS 301 | Research in Sci & Tech Studies |
| STS 305 | Science and Social Theory |
| STS 306 | Social Effects of Science Tech |
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS:
2017 Hoover Library & Archives Workshop on Political Economy, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
2015 Institute for Humane Studies, Hayek Fund for Scholars, Conference Travel and Fees
2015 15th Summer Institute for the History of Economic Thought, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA
2014 Young Scholar Award, History of Economics Society
2014 Book Fellowship, George Mason University, F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center
2014 Archivist Intern, Duke University, Center for the History of Political Economy, David M. Rubinstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Karl Menger Papers Collection
2013 National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute on the History of Political Economy, Duke University, Center for the History of Political Economy
2013 14th Summer Institute for the History of Economic Thought, University of Richmond, Richmond, VA
2012 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”), University of Utah, Intermountain West Student Philosophy Conference
2014 - Present: Co-editor, Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology
Heterodox Academy
Member: 2017 – Present
NOUS: Netzwerk für Ordnungsökonomik und Sozialphilosophie (Network for Constitutional Economics and Social Philosophy)
Member: 2017 – Present
The International Adam Smith Society
Member: 2017 – Present
The Hume Society
Member: 2017 – Present
Southern Economic Association
Member: 2015 – Present
American Political Science Association
Member: 2014 – 2016
Society for the Development of Austrian Economics
Member: 2014 – Present
European Society for the History of Economic Thought
Member: 2014 – Present
History of Economics Society
Member: 2013 – Present
International Network for Economic Methodology
Member: 2013 – Present
American Economic Association
Member: 2011 – Present
Royal Economic Society
Member: 2010 – 2016
Philosophy of Science Association
Member: 2008 – Present
American Philosophical Association
Member: 2006 – Present
January 2017 – Present: Director of Graduate Studies, Integrative Social Sciences M.S. Program, Arizona State University, College of Integrative Sciences and Arts
OTHER ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE:
June 2008 – July 2010: Undergraduate Student Advisor, Arizona State University, Department of Philosophy, Tempe, AZ
January 2003 – September 2005: University Endowment Administrator, Arizona State University Foundation, Tempe, AZ
PROFESSIONAL & ACADEMIC SERVICE:
May 2018 – Present: History of Economics Society, Executive Committee Member
February 2018 – Present: CISA Social Science Funding, Marketing, and Recruiting (FMR) Working Group, Chairperson, Arizona State University, College of Integrative Science and Arts, Faculty of Social Science
January 2018: Student Grievance Committee (ad hoc), Member, Arizona State University, College of Integrative Sciences and Arts
November 2017 – Present: Smith and Marx Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast, Co-host (with Gerardo Serra and Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak)
August 2017 – Present: History of Economics Society, New Initiatives Fund Committee, Member
May 2017: Promotion Workshop for Non-Tenure Eligible Faculty, Workshop Designer and Presenter, Arizona State University, College of Integrative Sciences and Arts
March 2017: Student Grievance Committee (ad hoc), Member, Arizona State University, College of Integrative Sciences and Arts
February 2017 – Present: Sexual Assault Prevention Faculty Advisory Council, Member, Arizona State University
January 2017 – Present: Director of Graduate Studies, Integrative Social Science M.S. Program, Arizona State University, College of Integrative Sciences and Arts, Faculty of Social Science
August 2016 – Present: Curriculum Committee, Member, Arizona State University, College of Integrative Sciences and Arts
August 2016 – August 2018: Personnel Committee for Non-Tenure-Eligible Faculty, Member and Co-chair, Arizona State University, College of Integrative Sciences and Arts
August 2016 – Present: Search Committee, Member, Arizona State University, College of Integrative Sciences and Arts, Faculty of Social Science
June 2015 – April 2016: History of Economics Society, Joseph Dorfman Best Dissertation Prize, Selection Committee Member
March 2014 – Present: Co-editor (with Luca Fiorito and Carlos Eduardo Suprinyak), Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology
August 2011 – May 2013: Curriculum Committee, Member, Arizona State University, College of Letters and Sciences
August 2008 – May 2012: Philosophy Ph.D. Program, Philosophy Faculty Committee Liaison, Arizona State University, School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies
June 2008 – July 2010: Arizona State Undergraduate Philosophy Club Faculty Advisor, Arizona State University, School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies