Laurenz Casser

I am a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the School of History, Philosophy, and Digital Humanities at the University of Sheffield.

My research spans the history and philosophy of science, the philosophy of medicine, and the philosophy of mind. I am particularly interested in foundational problems in the study of pain and their implications for contemporary pain science and medical practice. My current research focuses on the possibility of pain measurement, competing accounts of pain's mental architecture, and various episodes in the history of pain science. 

Before coming to Sheffield, I completed my Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Austin. Before that, I received a BPhil in Philosophy and a MSt in Ancient Philosophy from the University of Oxford, and a BA in Classics from the University of Manchester.

Here is my CV.

Publications


[1] Pain without Inference
forthcoming. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research.

[2] Is Pain Modular? (with Sam Clarke)
2023. Mind & Language 38(3): 828-846.

[3] A Hole in the Box and a Pain in the Mouth (with Henry Schiller)
2021. The Philosophical Quarterly 71(4): 685-700.

[4] The Function of Pain
2021. Australasian Journal of Philosophy 99(2): 364-378. 

Work-in-Progress


Pain Measurement

Mental Architecture

Miscellaneous

Email:
L[dot]Casser[at]sheffield[dot]ac[dot]uk

Address:
45 Victoria Street,
Broomhall, Sheffield
S3 7QB
United Kingdom

Office: C31