Lawrence Schmidt

Professor of Philosophy
Director of Hendrix Journeys Program

Office:	Raney Building
Phone:	(501) 450-1232
E-mail:	schmidt@hendrix.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Education

• Ph.D., Universität Duisburg (Germany), 1983, Philosophy
• M.A., University of New Mexico, 1978, Philosophy
• B.A., Reed College, 1972, Philosophy

Areas of Specialization

• Gadamer
• Hermeneutics
• Heidegger
• Dewey
• Pragmatism
• Modern German Philosophy

Areas of Competence

• Philosophy of Science
• History of Western Philosophy
• Nietzsche
• Indian and Chinese Philosophies
• Logic

Books

• Understanding Hermeneutics. Stocksfield, UK: Acumen Publishing Limited, 2006.
• The Epistemology of Hans-Georg Gadamer: An Analysis of the Legitimization of Vorurteile. Frankfurt a.M., Bern and New York: Peter D. Lang, 1985 (second edition, 1987)
• (edited book) Language and Linguisticality in Gadamer's Hermeneutics. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2000.
• (edited book) The Spector of Relativism: Truth, Dialogue, and Phronesis in Philosophical Hermeneutics. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 1995.

Selected Journal Articles and Book Chapters

• "Ethical Prejudgments in a Practical Hermeneutic Philosophy." In Kunst, Hermeneutik, Philosophie: Das Denken Hans-Georg Gadamer im Zusammenhang des 20. Jahrhunderts. Heidelberg:Universitätsverlag (Winter, 2003), 131-47.
• "Respecting Others: The Hermeneutic Virtue." Continental Philosophy Review 33 (2000): 359-79.
• "Tolerance: From a Hermeneutic Perspective." Existentia VI-VII (1996-97): 79-87.
• "Recalling the Hermeneutic Circle." Philosophy Today 40, no.2 (1996): 263-73.

Recent Presentations

• "'I'm Seeing Red': Situations in Dewey's Logic." NEH Seminar: Pragmatism: A Living Tradition. June-July 2007.
• "Journeys: A Core Course from Greece to China, Islam, Darwin, and Home Again." Association for Core Texts and Courses. April 2007.
• "Revisiting Gadamer's Schleiermacher Interpretation." Mid-South Philosophy Conference. February 2007.