Professor Rachel Cooper

Professor of History and Philosophy of Science

Profile

Career details

2018- Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, Lancaster University

2007- 2018. Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, Lancaster University.

2003 - 2007. Lecturer in Philosophy, Lancaster University.

2000 - 2003. Lecturer in Philosophy, Bradford University.

1999 - 2000. Temporary Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Bristol.

Selected Publications

Diagnosing the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders
Cooper, R. 2014 London : Karnac Books. 79 p. ISBN: 9781855758254.
Book

Psychiatry and Philosophy of Science.
Cooper, R.V. 2007 Acumen. 192 p. ISBN: 978-1-84465-108-5.
Book

Classifying madness: A philosophical examination of the diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders.
Cooper, R.V. 2005 Springer. 172 p. ISBN: 1-4020-3344-3.
Book

Beyond Imagination (E3)
01/08/2019 → 31/03/2023
Research

Neo-Kantianism as an alternative conceptual basis for psychiatry
01/03/2018 → 01/09/2021
Research

Evaluating the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - BA Mid-Career Fellowship
01/01/2013 → 31/12/2013
Research

The Creative Exchange
09/01/2012 → 30/06/2017
Research

Vices and disorders workshop
13/03/2009 → 13/03/2009
Research

The concepts of health, illness and disease
05/01/2009 → 04/01/2011
Research

Philosophy of Psychiatry Work-in-Progress Workshop 2025
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Royal Institute of Philosophy Public Talk
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

Royal Institute of Philosophy public lecture
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

How can philosophy bolster mental health? Reflections from a community support group
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

Philosophy of psychiatry work-in-progress day
Participation in workshop, seminar, course