Department of Philosophy: People: Core Faculty: Rachel Singpurwalla

Rachel Singpurwalla (Ph.D. Colorado) is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy. Her primary research interests are in ancient philosophy, value theory, and moral psychology. She is currently working on a book manuscript about the nature and role of unity in the ethics, politics, and aesthetics of Plato's Republic. She is also writing a series of papers on Platonic moral psychology with the ultimate aim of showing that Plato's conception provides an attractive alternative to contemporary views. Recently, her research has been supported by Harvard's Center for Hellenic Studies and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

E-mail: rgks@umd.edu

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Representative Publications

Plato's Republic: An Introduction (Cambridge University Press, under contract).

"Soul Division and Mimesis in Republic X," in Plato and the Poets, edited by Pierre Destrée and Fritz-Gregor Herrmann (Brill, 2011), 283-298.

"The Tripartite Theory of Motivation in Plato's Republic," Blackwell Philosophy Compass, 5 (11) (2010), 880-892.

"Reasoning with the Irrational: Moral Psychology in the Protagoras," Ancient Philosophy, 26 (2006), 243-258.

"Are There Two Theories of Goodness in Plato's Republic?" Apeiron, 39 (2006), 319-329.

"Plato's Defense of Justice," in The Blackwell Guide to Plato's Republic, edited by Gerasimos Santas, (Blackwell, 2006), 263-282.