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What does it mean to be mentally healthy? The answer has changed over time, says philosopher and historian of science Anya Plutynski. Her research on early 20th-century “mental hygiene” practitioners shows that some providers of the era sought to establish factors and skills that boosted patients’ mental health and prevented symptoms of mental illness from arising. That’s a different goal today’s standard of care, which more often equates mental health with the mere absence of the symptoms of mental illness. With her book-in-progress, “Making Mental Health,” Plutynski, a Faculty Fellow in the Center for the Humanities, is tracking the history of this early movement and considering why their approach was abandoned.

2.9.24

WashU Philosophers at the 2024 Central APA

We'll be in New Orleans!

2.7.24

Unlocking the Power: Why You Should Consider Hiring Philosophy Graduates

A philosophy graduate can help you unleash your true potential as a business leader — and help you take your business to new heights

2.7.24

Research, Students, Publications

Will Bell's "Rights Reclamation" to appear in Philosophical Studies

2.7.24

Awards and Notables, Students

Christopher Colacchia defends "Emotions that Feel Bad are Bad"

2.2.24

Awards and Notables, Faculty

Eric Brown publishes piece on persuasion in ancient Greece in The Common Reader

1.25.24

Departmental, Faculty

Marina DiMarco to WashU

DiMarco will join the department in Fall 2024

1.21.24

Civil Society Brunch series continues with a lecture on the significance of elections

4.6.24 | Read Story

Kinney will join the department in Fall 2024

Eric Brown on The Dangerous Game of Persuasion

2.1.24 | Read Story

Marina DiMarco to WashU

1.21.24 | Read Story

DiMarco will join the department in Fall 2024

Welcome 2022-2023 McDonnell Postdoctoral Fellows

6.15.22 | Read Story

Hawkeye Award

12.29.21 | Read Story

Hawkeyed Chloe Altschul and Andy Robaina are shown being presented with their coveted Hawkeye Award mugs by Professor John Heil, their instructor and the author of the book they so carefully vetted.

Helen Stenner Memorial Essay Prize Competition

12.10.21 | Read Story

Helen Stenner Memorial Essay Deadline January 19, 2022

Bioethics Undergrad Class Final Posters Fall 2021

12.10.21 | Read Story

Knowing what we know

11.9.21 | Read Story

From knowing your COVID status to identifying pileated woodpeckers, philosopher Matthew McGrath unpacks the interesting questions around how we know what we know about the world.

Dennis Des Chene Retires

5.26.21 | Read Story

Professor Dennis Des Chene who joined the Department of Philosophy in 2003 is retiring this summer.

Seeking Applications for McDonnell Postdoctoral Fellowship Position

3.11.21 | Read Story

The Department of Philosophy is accepting applications for a McDonnell Postdoctoral Fellowship for the 2021-2022 academic year in the Department's program in Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology (PNP).