Freya Möbus, PhD

Assistant Professor

Freya Möbus is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy. She is interested in ancient Greek psychologies of human action and explanations of wrongdoing. The questions she explores are: How do our so-called non-rational mental states – our emotions, appetites, pleasures, and pains—influence our actions, especially bad ones? What kind of states are emotions, appetites, pleasures, and pains? Why do we sometimes fail to do what is right and how can we prevent future wrongdoing? Her research focuses on Socrates’ answers to these questions in Plato’s early dialogues. You can find her work at www.freyamobus.com.

Education

PhD, Cornell University

MA, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn

BA, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn

Research Interests

Socratic philosophy, Plato’s early psychology and explanation of human action