Rasmus Rosenberg Larsen

Rasmus Rosenberg Larsen, 300w

Position:

Associate Professor, Non-Budgetary Cross Appointment

Campus:

St. George, UTM,

Biography:

  • PhD, University at Buffalo, SUNY 

Rasmus Rosenberg Larsen is faculty in the Institute of Forensic Sciences (UTM) and cross-appointed to the Department of Philosophy (St. George). His academic work lies at the intersection of psychology, philosophy, and law, with research published in top-tier journals such as The Lancet: Psychiatry; Psychology, Public Policy, and Law; Philosophical Psychology; and Erkenntnis. In the Department of Philosophy, Rasmus primarily teaches graduate-level courses in Philosophy of Science (e.g., PHL2196 or PHL2198).

Rasmus is the author of the 2025 book, Psychopathy Unmasked: The Rise and Fall of a Dangerous Diagnosis (MIT Press), which offers a critical review of contemporary research and the judicial use of the controversial diagnosis commonly known as Psychopathic Personality Disorder or “psychopathy.”

For more information, visit Rasmus’s personal website.

Research Interests:

Philosophy of Science, Forensic Psychology, Epistemology, Ethics, Value Theory

Address:

New Science Building (Rm. 2010), 3359 Mississauga Rd., Mississauga, ON L5L 1C6