Matthew Cashen
Associate Professor
Peck Hall, Room 3207
[email protected] / 618-650-2066
PhD in philosophy, Washington University, 2007
Courses Taught
- Philosophy 111: Introduction to Philosophy
- Philosophy 300: Classical Greek Philosophy
- Philosophy 302: Hellenistic Greek and Roman Philosophy
- Philosophy 321: Ethics and the Medical Community
Research Interests
Dr. Cashen specializes in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy and, in particular, Aristotle’s ethical philosophy.
Representative Publications
“Aristotle on External Goods: Applying the Politics to the Nicomachean Ethics.” The History of Philosophy Quarterly Volume 33, Number 04, October 2016
“Happiness, Eudaimonia, and Descriptive Adequacy,” Metaphilosophy, Vol. 43, No. 12, 2012
“The Ugly, the Lonely, and the Lowly: Aristotle on Somatic and External Goods,” The History of Philosophy Quarterly Volume 29, Number 01, 2012
