Schmidt, Lawrence K. 1949–

(Lawrence Kennedy Schmidt)

PERSONAL:

Born October 2, 1949, in Rochester, NY; married Monika Reuss, 1984; children: Kassandra. Education: Reed College, B.A., 1972; attended University of Freiburg, 1973-75 and 1976, and University of Madras, 1975; University of New Mexico, M.A., 1978; University of Duisburg, Ph.D., 1983.

ADDRESSES:

Office—Hendrix College, 1600 Washington Ave., Conway, AR 72032-3080. E-mail—schmidt@mercury.hendrix.edu.

CAREER:

Hendrix College, Conway, AR, assistant professor, 1984-89, associate professor, 1989-99, professor of philosophy, 1999—, department chair, 1987-93, 1996-2005. Adult education English teacher in Germany, 1981-83; Marshall T. Steel Center for the Study of Religion and Philosophy, board member, 1984—; MidSouth Philosophy Conference, president, 1986-87.

MEMBER:

International Association for Environmental Philosophy, American Philosophical Association, Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy, American Association of University Professors (chapter president, 1987-91, 1996-98; vice president, 1993-96, 1999-2001), Arkansas Philosophical Association, Phi Beta Kappa.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Fulbright scholar, 1979-81, senior scholar, 1999.

WRITINGS:

The Epistemology of Hans-Georg Gadamer: An Analysis of the Legitimization of Vorurteile, Peter D. Lang (New York, NY), 1985, 2nd edition, 1987.

(Editor and translator) The Specter of Relativism: Truth, Dialogue, and Phronesis in Philosophical Hermeneutics, Northwestern University Press (Evanston, IL), 1995.

(Editor) Language and Linguisticality in Gadamer's Hermeneutics, Lexington Books (Lanham, MD), 2000.

Understanding Hermeneutics, Acumen Publishing Limited (Stocksfield, England), 2006.

Contributor to books, including Phenomenology, Interpretation, and Community, edited by Lenore Langsdorf and Stephen H. Watson, State University of New York at Binghamton (Binghamton, NY), 1996. Contributor to journals, including Southern Journal of Philosophy, Southwest Philosophical Review, Philosophy Today, and Existentia.