Alexander Schaefer
@AMSchaef
Assistant professor of philosophy at UB. Former postdoc at NYU’s Classical Liberal Institute. Philosophy PhD from Arizona.
🚨New paper 🚨 Why does hypocrisy make us so mad? Matt Jeffers and I have a theory. Available online — open access! cambridge.org/core/journals/…
I help @Mattzwolinski edit the new edition of his successful reader. It is coming out on July 31st. If you’re teaching a course in political philosophy or PPE, this reader is ideal for you. Check out the table of contents and enjoy a discount: routledge.com/Arguing-About-…
If you’re in London and free tomorrow, I’m giving a talk at the LSE. Open to the public. lse.ac.uk/economics/even…
Had an awesome time today presenting a paper at GMU’s PPE colloquium. Thanks to @PeterBoettke, @ccoyne1, and others at @mercatus for the killer conversation and the new books.
@Kaleidicworld @MalteDold @Springernomics @Kingspol_econ @HayekProgram Please share widely, to honor Paul Lewis the Review of Austrian Economics has made available through Open Access some of his contributions through the years. link.springer.com/journal/11138/…
It's important to realize that immigration has been the wellspring of innovation and economic growth over the entire history of the U.S. and well back into European history. "American Ingenuity" is heavily a story of immigration. @WhoIsDit @mmuthukrishna
It is time to completely rethink immigration policies globally. Living in the West is an incredible privilege. We should treat it as one. Open borders will kill Western civilization. Careful vetting of immigrants, standards for being part of Western society, and deportation for…
Are you interested in a career in law, the social sciences, politics, or business but seeking an interdisciplinary approach? The Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Program (PPE) at the University of Buffalo @UBuffalo is just such a program that trains students to identify just,…
“Legibility,” “state simplification,” “high modernism,” “mētis,” “friction of terrain,”… — James Scott had a knack for generating useful concepts and terms. I’ll always be grateful for the vocabulary he created in Seeing Like a State and Against the Grain.
Happy to announce that our PPE program was awarded $2.5 million to study dynamism and diversity. So excited to be a part of this team. buffalo.edu/news/releases/…
3 Year PPE Postdoc Opportunity! Interested in studying the relationship between diversity, dynamism and inclusion? Do you use formal models, computer simulations, or experimental methods in your work? Come join the PPE group at UB! ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/51121
In this paper, I put forward a non-ideal theory of corruption that intends to distinguish those cases in which corruption is the result of immoral individuals and those in which it is the result of bad laws. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…
Do you like new approaches to things? How about social contract theory? This is a very cool and rather cohesive volume on new approaches to social contract theory. global.oup.com/academic/produ…
I'm delighted to announce that UB's PPE hiring was an incredible success. We are welcoming .@AOprea_PPE, .@AMSchaef, and Justin Bruner in the fall term. But wait - there's more! We have also hired Stewart Duncan, Toby Friend, Daniel Stevens, and Regina Hurley.
I'm teaching Gaus's paper, "The Complexity of a Diverse Moral Order" today. It's just so good. What a clear articulation of New Diversity Theory, and why it is a useful framework for political philosophy. law.georgetown.edu/public-policy-….
journals.plos.org/plosone/articl… New article on diversity with @RyanPMuldoon and Keith Hankins. Does the epistemic bonus of diversity survive the introduction of diversity-based miscommunication? Download, read, and generously cite the paper to find out.
Is democracy awful or are we just doing it wrong? Mario and I weigh in… brill.com/view/journals/…
I attended this talk. It was excellent.
Read Alex, hire Alex. #PPE