Philosopher Matthew Ratcliffe researches experience, emotions, and psychiatry.
Shedding new light on the nature of human experience by combining phenomenology, emotion theory, and psychiatry - this distinctive approach has led Matthew Ratcliffe to exceptional research results. In April 2015, he was appointed "Professor of Theoretical Philosophy" at the Faculty of Philosophy and Education. uni:view: Why did you choose to go into Philosophy? - Matthew Ratcliffe: My first memory is of being utterly bewildered by the fact of existence, finding the world thoroughly strange in every respect, and realizing that I had no idea what I was. It was this kind of bewilderment that attracted me to philosophy, more so than the desire for an academic career. uni:view: Today, your work focusses on phenomenology, the philosophy of emotions and psychiatry. How are these fields linked? - Ratcliffe: Phenomenology is the philosophical study of the structure of experience. Psychiatric illness often involves changes in that structure, which are very difficult to understand.
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