Michael H. Walschots Curriculum Vitae Department of Philosophy Email: mhwalschots@gmail.com University of St. Andrews Homepage: mhwalschots.wordpress.com Edgecliffe, The Scores Date of Birth: April 22 nd, 1986 St. Andrews, Fife Citizenship: Canadian, Dutch KY16 9AR Academic Positions 2016-18 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Department of Philosophy, University of St. Andrews, Scotland Education 2016 Ph.D. in Philosophy, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada Title: Moral Sense Theory and the Development of Kant s Ethics Committee: Corey Dyck (supervisor), Lorne Falkenstein, Dennis Klimchuk, Henrik Lagerlund, Richard Vernon, Robert Louden (external reviewer) 2013-14 DAAD Graduate Research Fellow, Kant Research Centre/Department of Philosophy, Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Heiner Klemme 2011 M.A. in Philosophy, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada Title: Adorno s Addendum to Practical Reason Committee: Deborah Cook (supervisor), Radu Neculau, William Conklin 2010 SSHRC Foreign Study Fellow, Department of Philosophy/Excellence Cluster Normative Orders, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Christoph Menke. 2009 B.A. (honours) in Philosophy, University of Windsor, Windsor, Canada Early Modern Philosophy, Ethics, Kant Areas of Specialization Areas of Competence Continental Philosophy, Epistemology, Informal Logic, Philosophy of Law, Political Philosophy Languages English (native), German (fluent: reading, writing, spoken)
Walschots Curriculum Vitae 2 Refereed Journal Articles Publications 2017a Kant on Moral Satisfaction. Kantian Review. Vol. 22, No. 2, 2017. pg. 281 303. Book Chapters 2017b Hutcheson and Kant: Moral Sense and Moral Feeling in Kant and the Scottish Enlightenment. Edited by Elizabeth Robinson and Chris W. Surprenant. London: Routledge, 2017. pg. 36 54. Forthcoming Lambert über die Moral und den moralischen Schein (Lambert on Morality and Moral Illusion) in Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728-1777) und die Mathematisierung der Aufklärung. Edited by Frank Grunert and Gideon Stiening. Berlin: De Gruyter. Forthcoming Garves Eudämonismus (Garve s Eudaimonism) in Christian Garve (1742-1798): Philosoph und Philologe der Aufklärung. Edited by Frank Grunert and Gideon Stiening. Berlin: De Gruyter. Conference Proceedings Forthcoming Kant s Conception of Selbstzufriedenheit. Nature and Freedom: Proceedings of the 12 th International Kant Congress. Berlin: De Gruyter. 2011 Ernest Sosa and Virtuously Begging the Question. Argumentation: Cognition and Community: Proceedings of the 9 th Biennial Conference of the Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation. Edited by Frank Zenker. OSSA: Ontario, 2011. Encyclopedia Entries Forthcoming Instinct and Sympathy in The Cambridge Kant Lexicon. Edited by Julian Wuerth. Cambridge University Press. Forthcoming Kant s Lectures on Ethics (with Jens Timmermann) in The Cambridge Kant Lexicon. Edited by Julian Wuerth. Cambridge University Press. Book Reviews 2016 Lara Denis and Oliver Sensen (Eds.). Kant s Lectures on Ethics: A Critical Guide. Studi Kantiani. Vol. 29, December 2016. pg. 209 213. Manuscripts in Preparation (*see Research Statement for details) Background Sources to Kant s Practical Philosophy Benevolence and Complacence: Two Kinds of Love in Kant and Hutcheson. Kant on Sex, Love, and Friendship. Edited by Jens Timmermann, Pärttyli Rinne, and Martin Brecher. Kant and Consequentialism in Context Kant and the Duty to Act from Duty
Walschots Curriculum Vitae 3 Scholarships and Awards 2016 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Postdoctoral Fellowship ($81,000 CDN) 2015 Wiedemann Scholarship in Enlightenment Research ( 3,600) 2015 Frederick M. Barnard Trust Grant ($12,000 CDN) 2014 Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) ($15,000 CDN) 2013 DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst/German Academic Exchange Service) Graduate Research Grant ( 10,000) 2011 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Canada Graduate Scholarship, Doctoral Scholarship ($105,000 CDN) 2011 Prize for Best Graduate Student Paper for Adorno, Freedom, and the Possibility of Practice presented at the 7 th Annual University of Windsor Graduate Conference ($150 CDN) 2010 Humanities Research Group/ Findlay Graduate Fellowship in Interdisciplinary Inquiry ($1,500 CDN) 2010 Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) ($15,000 CDN) 2010 SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement ($6,000 CDN) 2010 Centre for Research in Reasoning, Argumentation, and Rhetoric (CRRAR) Graduate Student Fellowship ($1,500 CDN) 2009 SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship Master s Scholarship ($17,500 CDN) 2004 University of Windsor Outstanding Scholars Award in Philosophy ($40,000 CDN) Invited Talks Conference Presentations 2017 Lambert über die Moral und den moralischen Schein (Lambert on Morality and Moral Illusion) Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728-1777) und die Mathematisierung der Aufklärung (Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728-1777) and the Mathematization of the Enlightenment. Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena, Germany. June 15 17. 2017 Garves Eudämonismus ( Garve s Eudaimonism ) Christian Garve (1742-1798): Philosoph und Philologe der Aufklärung (Christian Garve (1742-1798) Philosopher and Philologist of the Enlightenment) Ludwig-Maximillians- University, Munich, Germany. March 16 18. Papers Presented 2017 Recent Work on Kant and Moral Motivation UK Kant Society 2017 Annual Conference. University of St. Andrews, Scotland. Sep. 4 5. 2017 Benevolence and Complacence: Two Kinds of Love in Kant and Hutcheson Kant on Sex, Love, and Friendship. University of St. Andrews, Scotland. July 21 23. 2017 Kant and Hutcheson on the Psychology of Moral Motivation Kant: Knowledge, Action, Belief. American University of Beirut, Lebanon. May 25 27. British Society for the History of Philosophy Annual Conference. University of Sheffield, England. April 6 8. 2016 'Kant and the Duty to Act from Duty' Kantian Virtues Workshop. University of St. Andrews, Scotland. October 26. Midwest Study Group of the North American Kant Society. Indiana University Southeast, Indiana, U.S.A. March 8 9.
Walschots Curriculum Vitae 4 -- Research Seminar in Modern Philosophy. Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany. June 12. 2016 Kant and Consequentialism in Context: The Reviews of H.A. Pistorius. UK Kant Society. University of Southampton, England. Sep. 5 6. 2016 Background Sources to Kant s Practical Philosophy. Wiedemann Scholarship Holder Presentation. IZEA, Martin-Luther-University, Halle (Saale), Germany. May 23. 2016 Kant on Moral Satisfaction. Research Seminar in Modern Philosophy. Martin- Luther-University, Halle (Saale), Germany. April 25. 2016 Adam Smith on Why be Moral? Dutch Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy III. Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. March 24 25. 2015 Kant s Conception of Selbstzufriedenheit. Nature and Freedom: 12th International Kant Congress. University of Vienna, Austria. Sep. 21 25. 2015 Kant and Smith on Respect and Moral Motivation. British Society for the History of Philosophy. University of York, England. 9 11. April. -- Research Seminar in Modern Philosophy. Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany. May 27, 2014. -- St. Andrews/Stirling Kant Reading Party. Burn House, Scotland. July 29 Aug. 1, 2013. 2014 Early Objections to Kant s Moral Philosophy: The Reviews of Hermann Andreas Pistorius. Kant and his German Contemporaries. University of Western Ontario, London, Canada. Oct. 17 19. 2014 Kant on Selbstzufriedenheit and the Pleasures of Virtue. UK Kant Society. University of Oxford, England. Aug. 22 23. -- Kant Research Group. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany. June12, 2014. 2014 Hutcheson and the Early Kant on Moral Obligation. Research Seminar in Modern Philosophy. Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany. Jan. 28. 2013 Hutcheson and Kant: Moral Sense and Moralisches Gefühl Mainz Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy. Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany. Nov. 21 23. 2013 Moralisches Gefühl in Kant s Early Moral Philosophy UK Kant Society. Heythrop College, University of London, England. Aug. 28 30. 2013 'Christian Garve's Challenge to Kantian Moral Philosophy' Centre for Ethics Graduate Conference: 'Theory and Practice: The Limits of Ethics for Guiding Action.' University of Toronto, Canada. March 15 16. 2012 Scanlon and the Virtuous Circle of Promissory Obligations Canadian Philosophical Association. University of Waterloo, Canada. May 27 30. 2012 Adorno s Hinzutretende: The Addendum to Practical Reason Fifth International Critical Theory Conference of Rome. John Felice Rome Center, Loyola University Chicago, Rome, Italy. May 7 9. 2011 The Changing Face of Philosophy 2011 World Philosophy Day Celebration. University of Windsor, Canada. Nov. 17. 2011 Schizophrenia as Imaginative Disorder and the Nature of Delusion Canadian Philosophical Association. University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada. May 28 31. 2011 Revisiting Adorno s Critique of Moral Philosophy Fourth International Critical Theory Conference of Rome. John Felice Rome Center, Loyola University Chicago, Rome, Italy. May 9 11. 2011 Ernest Sosa and Virtuously Begging the Question Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation: Argumentation: Cognition and Community. University of Windsor, Canada. May 18 21.
Walschots Curriculum Vitae 5 2011 Adorno, Freedom, and the Possibility of Practice Seventh Annual Graduate Philosophy Conference. University of Windsor, Canada. April 2. Seventh Annual Graduate Student Conference in Philosophy. University of Ottawa, Canada. March 25 26, 2011. 2010 Ronald Dworkin and the Possibility of Temporal Objectivity in Law Fifteenth Annual Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference: Time and Law. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. May 6 7. University of Windsor Sixth Annual Graduate Philosophy Conference. University of Windsor, Canada. March 27. Commentaries 2016 Flikshuh, Katrin. Kant s Innate Right: Foundational, Relational or Presuppositional? The H.J. Paton Colloquium in Kantian Ethics. University of St. Andrews, Scotland. May 4. 2016 Pinzani, Alessandro. The Phantom of Freedom. Kant and World Poverty. Ruhr- University, Bochum, Germany. April 4 5. 2012 Schranz, Mark. Third-Party Beneficiaries, Directed-Duty Bearers, and the Interest Theory of Rights Canadian Philosophical Association. University of Waterloo, Canada. May 30. 2011 Dean, Megan. Experiential Truth and Fiction: A Foucauldian Strategy for Undoing Certainties. Diotima: Graduate Student Feminist Philosophy Conference. University of Western Ontario, London, Canada. Sep. 23 24. Undergraduate Teaching Experience Kant s Second Critique (St. Andrews Candlemas 2018) The Enlightenment (with James Harris and Alexander Douglas) (St. Andrews Candlemas 2017, Candlemas 2018) Graduate Kant s Ethics and Its Critics (with Jens Timmermann) (St. Andrews Martinsmas 2016) Teaching Assistant Introduction to Philosophy (Western Fall & Winter 2014-15) Introduction to Logic (Western Winter 2013) Big Ideas (Western Fall 2011) Early Modern Philosophy: The Empiricists (Windsor Winter 2011) Introduction to Ethics (Windsor Winter 2008, Fall 2009) Labour and Social Justice (Windsor Fall 2008) Contemporary Moral Issues (Windsor Intersession 2008) Professional Service Conference Organization UK Kant Society Annual Conference. University of St. Andrews, Scotland. Sep. 4 5, 2017. Kant and His German Contemporaries (local organizer), University of Western Ontario, Canada. Oct. 17 19, 2014.
Walschots Curriculum Vitae 6 Graduate Philosophy Conference. University of Windsor, Canada. (2009, 2010) Undergraduate Philosophy Conference. University of Windsor, Canada. (2008, 2009) Referee Work Philosophical Quarterly (2017 - ) History of Philosophy Quarterly (2017 - ) Kantian Review (2016 - ) Routledge (2016 - ) Departmental/University Service Kant Colloquium (Organizer), University of St. Andrews (2016 - ) Graduate Student Colloquium (co-organizer). University of Western Ontario (2011-12) Graduate Student Representative - Department of Philosophy, University of Windsor (2009-10) Undergraduate Student Representative - Department of Philosophy, University of Windsor (2008-9) Professional Affiliations Canadian Philosophical Association American Philosophical Association German Society for Philosophy (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Philosophie) Kant Society (Kant-Gesellschaft) North American Kant Society UK Kant Society British Society for the History of Philosophy References Corey W. Dyck. Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond St., London, ON, Canada N6A 5B8. Email: cdyck5@uwo.ca Lorne Falkenstein. Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond St., London, ON, Canada N6A 5B8. Email: lfalkens@uwo.ca James Harris. Head of Department and Professor of the History of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of St. Andrews, Edfecliffe, The Scores, St. Andrews, Fife, KY16 9AR. Email: jah15@st-andrews.ac.uk Heiner F. Klemme. Professor of History of Philosophy, Martin-Luther-University Halle- Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), R. 8, Schleiermacherstr. 1, 06099, Germany. Email: heiner.klemme@phil.uni-halle.de Robert B. Louden. Distinguished Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Southern Maine, 96 Falmouth Street, Portland, Maine, 04104-9300, USA. Email: louden@maine.edu Jens Timmermann. Professor of Moral Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of St. Andrews, Edgecliffe, The Scores, St. Andrews, Fife, KY16 9AR. Email: jt28@standrews.ac.uk