Charles Scott
Distinguished Professor of Philosophy
Director of the Vanderbilt Center for Ethics
We are happy to announce the return to Vanderbilt of Professor Charles Scott. Professor Scott will head The Center for Ethics at Vanderbilt and also teach in the department. Professor Scott taught at Vanderbilt from 1966 through 1993. While here, he was Chair of the Philosophy Department from 1980 to 1990, directed the Mellon Regional Faculty Development Program (1979-1987) and directed the Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities from its inception in 1987 to 1993. At Penn State, Professor Scott holds the Edwin Erle Sparks Professorship in Philosophy, was the Interim Head of the Philosophy Department in 2002-3, and was Graduate Admissions Officer from 1994 to 2002.
Research Areas
Ethics, 19th and 20th Century Continental
Books
- Living With Indifference, Indiana University Press, May 2007
- The Lives of Things, Indiana University Press, 2002
- The Time of Memory, SUNY Press, 1999
- On the Advantages and Disadvantages of Ethics and Politics, Indiana University Press, 1996
- The Question of Ethics, Indiana University Press, 1990
- The Language of Difference, Humanities International Press, 1987
- Boundaries in Mind: A Study of Immediate Awareness Based in Psychotherapy, Crossroad Publishing Co., 1982
Current Research
The functions of sensibilities in forming dispositions that are inclined to ethical action.
Recent Courses
Seminars in Nietzsche, Foucault, Heidegger, and Derrida.
