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Peter Vanderschraaf

  • Professor
  • Member of the Graduate Faculty
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  • Social Sciences, Rm. 213
  • Tucson, AZ 85721
  • pvanderschraaf@arizona.edu
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  • Interests
  • Courses
  • Scholarly Contributions

Awards

  • Completed Special Issue on Strategic Justice, Conventions, and Game Theory: Themes in the Philosophy of Peter Vanderschraaf
    • Synthese academic journal, Spring 2023

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Courses

2025-26 Courses

  • Independent Study
    PPEL 499 (Fall 2025)
  • Philosophy, Politics and Econ
    PPEL 410 (Fall 2025)

2024-25 Courses

  • PPEL Internship
    PPEL 493 (Summer I 2025)
  • Legislative Internship
    PPEL 493L (Spring 2025)
  • Philosophy of Economics
    PPEL 414 (Spring 2025)
  • Political Econ Thru Experiment
    PHIL 518 (Spring 2025)
  • Political Econ Thru Experiment
    PPEL 418 (Spring 2025)
  • Political Econ Thru Experiment
    PPEL 518 (Spring 2025)
  • Seminar: Phil, Pol, Econ, Law
    PPEL 496A (Spring 2025)
  • Independent Study
    PPEL 499 (Fall 2024)
  • Justice and Welfare
    PPEL 440 (Fall 2024)
  • Justice and Welfare
    PPEL 540 (Fall 2024)
  • Seminar: Phil, Pol, Econ, Law
    PPEL 496A (Fall 2024)

2023-24 Courses

  • Directed Research
    PPEL 592 (Spring 2024)
  • Ethics+Econ/Wealth Creat
    ECON 205 (Spring 2024)
  • Ethics+Econ/Wealth Creat
    PA 205 (Spring 2024)
  • Ethics+Econ/Wealth Creat
    PHIL 205 (Spring 2024)
  • Ethics+Econ/Wealth Creat
    PPEL 205 (Spring 2024)
  • Justice and Welfare
    PPEL 440 (Spring 2024)
  • Justice and Welfare
    PPEL 540 (Spring 2024)
  • PPEL Internship
    PPEL 493 (Spring 2024)
  • Philosophy of Economics
    PPEL 414 (Spring 2024)
  • Philosophy, Politics and Econ
    PPEL 410 (Spring 2024)
  • Democracy & Social Choice
    PHIL 460 (Fall 2023)
  • Democracy & Social Choice
    PHIL 560 (Fall 2023)
  • Democracy & Social Choice
    PPEL 460 (Fall 2023)
  • Democracy & Social Choice
    PPEL 560 (Fall 2023)
  • Seminar: Phil, Pol, Econ, Law
    PPEL 496A (Fall 2023)

2022-23 Courses

  • PPEL Internship
    PPEL 493 (Summer I 2023)
  • Game Theory
    PPEL 406 (Spring 2023)
  • Game Theory
    PPEL 506 (Spring 2023)
  • Honors Independent Study
    PPEL 499H (Spring 2023)
  • Honors Thesis
    PPEL 498H (Spring 2023)
  • Justice and Welfare
    PPEL 440 (Spring 2023)
  • Justice and Welfare
    PPEL 540 (Spring 2023)
  • PPEL Internship
    PPEL 493 (Spring 2023)
  • Philosophy, Politics and Econ
    PPEL 410 (Spring 2023)
  • Honors Thesis
    PPEL 498H (Fall 2022)
  • Independent Study
    PHIL 599 (Fall 2022)
  • Philosophy of Economics
    PPEL 414 (Fall 2022)
  • Philosophy of Economics
    PPEL 514 (Fall 2022)
  • Seminar: Phil, Pol, Econ, Law
    PPEL 496A (Fall 2022)

2021-22 Courses

  • Honors Thesis
    PPEL 498H (Spring 2022)
  • Justice and Welfare
    PPEL 440 (Spring 2022)
  • Justice and Welfare
    PPEL 540 (Spring 2022)
  • Philosophy, Politics and Econ
    PPEL 410 (Spring 2022)
  • Capstone: Phil, Pol, Econ, Law
    PPEL 496A (Fall 2021)
  • Honors Thesis
    PPEL 498H (Fall 2021)
  • Independent Study
    PHIL 599 (Fall 2021)
  • Justice and Welfare
    PPEL 340 (Fall 2021)
  • PPEL Internship
    PPEL 493 (Fall 2021)

2020-21 Courses

  • PPEL Internship
    PPEL 493 (Summer I 2021)
  • Game Theory
    PPEL 406 (Spring 2021)
  • Honors Thesis
    PPEL 498H (Spring 2021)
  • Legislative Internship
    PPEL 493L (Spring 2021)
  • PPEL Internship
    PPEL 493 (Spring 2021)
  • Philosophy/Politics+Econ
    PPEL 310 (Spring 2021)
  • Honors Thesis
    PPEL 498H (Fall 2020)
  • Justice and Welfare
    PPEL 340 (Fall 2020)
  • Philosophy/Politics+Econ
    PPEL 310 (Fall 2020)

2019-20 Courses

  • Justice and Welfare
    PPEL 340 (Spring 2020)
  • Philosophy/Politics+Econ
    PPEL 310 (Fall 2019)

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Scholarly Contributions

Chapters

  • Vanderschraaf, P. (2019). The Character and Significance of the State of Nature. In Interpreting Hobbes’s Political Philosophy(pp 191-205). Cambridge University Press.

Journals/Publications

  • Vanderschraaf, P. (2021). An Epicurean State of Nature. Homo Oeconomicus.
  • Vanderschraaf, P. (2021). Precis of Strategic Justice. Philosophical Studies, 178, 1701-1705.
    More info
    Precis of my book Strategic Justice (Oxford 2021) for a symposium on this book published by this journal.
  • Vanderschraaf, P. (2021). Response to Critics. Philosophical Studies, 178, 1741-1756.
    More info
    Response article to three critical essays as part of a book symposium on my book "Strategic Justice" (Oxford University Press 2019).
  • Vanderschraaf, P. (2020). Stability Challenges for Moehler's Second-Level Social Contract. Analytic Philosophy.
    More info
    Contributed article to book symposium on "Minimal Morality: A Multilevel Social Contract Theory" by Professor Michael Moehler.
  • Vanderschraaf, P. (2021). Contractarianisms and Markets. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 181, 270-287.
    More info
    Original research article.

Others

  • Vanderschraaf, P. (2021, Spring). Game Theory and Ethics. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/game-ethics/
    More info
    Article on Game Theory and Ethics for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, which is a professional handbook on topics in philosophy published online.

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