Yes, Theresa studied Philosophy. Why? Well, over the last few years in secondary school, Theresa developped a major interest in the Human Mind, with all the various aspects of it. So when she entered university, she first ignored the different curricula – it was a time in which this was still possible – and picked a wild collection of classes from various departments. This included courses about the nervous system at the biology department, about cognitive neuroscience at the psychology department and about philosophy of mind at the philosophy department.
After a while, she felt the need to have a strong foundation in one discipline with solid knowledge to build up upon. She ended up developing one in science as she studied biology and molecular medicine at the undergraduate and graduate level. However, Philosophy also stuck with her for a while.
So attending a few philosophy seminars started as a hobby but grew to being a nice balancing factor alongside Theresa’s biology studies. The courses she took ranged from the history of ideas, logics, ontology, epistemology, hermeneutics to cultural and political philosophy and ethics. However, Philosophy of Mind remained a strong focus in her studies. She dealt extensively with questions about determinism, free will and mental causation. In this field, she also wrote a Bachelor thesis on the Bieri Trilemma.