WHAT WE DO
Empowering Conversations in Philosophy & Mental Health
At Thinkful we investigate the role of philosophy in enhancing our current understandings of mental health. Drawing on philosophy's rich intellectual legacy, as well as its unique mode of approach, we suggest new ways of accounting for human distress or difficulty.
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Questions We Seek to Answer
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How can we make sense of some of the more painful aspects of being a human being?
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How do we develop meaningful ways of thinking and talking – those that affirm our human encounters with sadness, suffering, and with loss?
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How can these understandings help us to move on with our experiences of distress, as we acknowledge lived experience as something difficult and complex?
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About Us
Thinkful aims to investigate the role of philosophy in enhancing our current understandings of mental health. It seeks to move beyond the given discourses of pathology and disorder to suggest new ways of accounting for distress or difficulty. At the heart of this interdisciplinary initiative is our conviction that philosophical thinking involves imaginative transformation. Philosophical thinking changes the conversation in interesting ways.
OUR PAPERS
Research
Making Sense of Mental Health: A Practical Approach Through Lived Experience
Forward to Dr Emma Farrell’s forthcoming book ‘Making Sense of Mental Health: A Practical Approach Through …Published on
Well-being in the Irish secondary school: Reflections on a curricular approach
Schools and centres for education are increasingly positioned as playing a vital role in the promotion of young …Published on
The Promise of the University: Reclaiming, Humanity, Humility and Hope.
Afterword to Dr Áine Mahon’s book ‘The Promise of the University: Reclaiming, Humanity, Humility and …Published on
Darkness, Wellness and Worldviews
The university’s role in shaping students’ experiences of mental health and distress. Chapter in Mahon, A. (2022) The …Published on
Understanding student mental health difficulty deflection and darkness
With a particular focus on the experience of young people in higher education, this paper turns to the philosophical …Published on
