# Scott Samuelson

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{{Short description|American philosopher}}
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'''Scott H. Samuelson''' is an [American](/source/American_people) philosopher and Professor of Practice at [Iowa State University](/source/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)](/source/The_Gazette_(Cedar_Rapids%2C_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](/source/Review_of_Metaphysics) |date=2015 |volume=68 |issue=3 |pages=675–677 |url=https://philpapers.org/rec/BRETDH-2}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://scottsamuelsonauthor.com/ Personal website]
* [https://philrs.iastate.edu/profiles/scott-samuelson/ Samuelson at Iowa State University]
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