{{Short description|American philosopher}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox academic | honorific_prefix = <!-- see MOS:CREDENTIAL and MOS:HONORIFIC --> | name = Scott Samuelson | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = <!-- use only if different from full/othernames --> | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | nationality = | citizenship = | other_names = | occupation = | period = | known_for = | title = | boards = <!--board or similar positions extraneous to main occupation--> | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | awards = | website = https://scottsamuelsonauthor.com/ | education = Emory University (PhD); Grinnell College (BA) | alma_mater = | thesis_title = | thesis_url = | thesis_year = | school_tradition = | doctoral_advisor = | academic_advisors = | influences = <!--must be referenced from a third-party source--> | era = | discipline = | sub_discipline = | workplaces = Iowa State University, Kirkwood Community College | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | main_interests = | notable_works = | notable_ideas = | influenced = <!--must be referenced from a third-party source--> | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = | footnotes = }} '''Scott H. Samuelson''' is an American philosopher and Professor of Practice at Iowa State University, as well as a frequent teacher for the [https://hedgehogreview.com/web-features/thr/posts/where-the-humanities-arent-in-crisis Catherine Project] and the [https://www.lyceummovement.org/our-vision Lyceum Movement]. He is the 2015 recipient of the [https://dallasinstitute.org/hiett/ Hiett Prize in the Humanities].<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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)}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
==Books== * ''To Taste: On Cooking and the Good Life'' (University of Chicago Press, 2026) * ''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)<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://scottsamuelsonauthor.com/ Personal website] * [https://philrs.iastate.edu/profiles/scott-samuelson/ Samuelson at Iowa State University] {{authority control}}
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