Helen De Cruz
Danforth Chair in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy, Saint Louis University
Helen De Cruz (1978-2025) was professor of philosophy and Danforth Chair in the humanities at Saint Louis University in Missouri. Their books include Religious Disagreement (Cambridge University Press, 2019), Philosophy Illustrated: 42 Thought Experiments to Broaden Your Mind (Oxford University Press, 2022) and Wonderstruck: How Awe and Wonder Shape the Way We Think (Princeton University Press, 2024).
Written by Helen De Cruz
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Thinkers and theories
Why seek self-realisation?
In the face of climate crisis it might seem myopic but philosophers from Spinoza to Næss argue it is the only way forward
Helen De Cruz
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Philosophy of science
The necessity of awe
In awe we hold fast to nature’s strangeness and open up to the unknown. No wonder it’s central to the scientific imagination
Helen De Cruz