Scott Samuelson

{{Short description|American philosopher}}

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Scott H. Samuelson is an American philosopher and Professor of Practice at Iowa State University.

He is the 2015 recipient of the Hiett Prize in the Humanities.{{cite web |title=Philosopher Wins $50,000 Hiett Prize - Daily Nous |url=https://dailynous.com/2015/09/16/philosopher-wins-50000-hiett-prize/ |website=Daily Nous |date=16 September 2015}}{{cite news |title=Kirkwood professor wins $50,000 prize for work in humanities |url=https://www.thegazette.com/life/kirkwood-professor-wins-50000-prize-for-work-in-humanities/ |work=The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)}}{{cite web |title=Congratulations, Scott Samuelson, Recipient of the 2015 Hiett Prize in the Humanities {{!}} 4Humanities |url=https://4humanities.org/2015/09/congratulations-scott-samuelson-recipient-of-the-2015-hiett-prize-in-the-humanities-award/ |website=4humanities.org}}

Books

  • Rome as a Guide to the Good Life (University of Chicago Press, 2023)
  • Seven Ways of Looking at Pointless Suffering (University of Chicago Press, 2018)
  • The Deepest Human Life: An Introduction to Philosophy for Everyone (University of Chicago Press, 2014){{cite web |title=The Deepest Human Life, by Scott Samuelson |url=https://www.christiancentury.org/reviews/2014-09/deepest-human-life-scott-samuelson |website=The Christian Century |language=en}}{{cite journal |last1=Brehany |first1=John F. |title=The Deepest Human Life: An Introduction to Philosophy for Everyone by Scott Samuelson |journal=Review of Metaphysics |date=2015 |volume=68 |issue=3 |pages=675–677 |url=https://philpapers.org/rec/BRETDH-2}}

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