Biography

My research at Cambridge is about the concept of mental disorder. I am researching how classifications and diagnoses can influence and interact with the ways that mental disorders are experienced and expressed—and how these interactions are taken into account by psychiatrists when they write patient notes and make diagnoses. These interactions are called "looping effects" when our classifications have to be updated to stay on top of the new experiences and expressions which they themselves created. My hope is that a careful analysis of these looping effects, and how they factor into practice, can help us better understand the concept of mental disorder. My previous research was focused on the foundations of quantum mechanics, in particular the Many Worlds interpretation. This work was part of my MSci at King's College London. My focus has since shifted to the philosophy of psychiatry, but my interest in the philosophy of physics and the philosophy of science remains.

Previous Education

King's College London (University of London) Physics and Philosophy 2020

Links

http://hsherl.github.io