Curriculum Vitae
Contact: diegomachuca@conicet.gov.ar.
ORCID: 0000-0001-9978-7779.
EDUCATION
2006: Doctorado en Filosofía (PhD in Philosophy), Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA). Dissertation: “El escepticismo ético de Sexto Empírico.”
2000: Licenciatura en Filosofía (with Honors), Universidad Del Salvador. Degree thesis: “El problema del tiempo y la memoria en Descartes.”
2000: Profesorado de Enseñanza Secundaria, Normal y Especial en Filosofía. Universidad Del Salvador.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
November 2012–present: Associate Researcher in Philosophy, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Argentina.
April 2009–October 2012: Assistant Researcher in Philosophy, CONICET.
March 2006–December 2012: Adjunct Professor (Ethics), Universidad de Ciencias Empresariales y Sociales.
April 1998–December 1999: Teaching Assistant (Greek), Universidad Del Salvador.
FELLOWSHIPS AND RESEARCH GRANTS
April–August, 2023: Senior Fellowship, Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies, Universität Hamburg.
September 16–December 15, 2022: Research Fellowship at the University of Miami, granted by the Fulbright Commission and CONICET (awarded, not taken up).
June 2020–April 2022: Research project “Pyrrhonian Skepticism about the Existence of God,” funded by the John Templeton Foundation under the auspices of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile as part of the research grant “Supporting Constructive Research on the Existence of God in Spanish-Speaking Latin America.”
July 8–19, 2019: LATAM Bridges Seminar in the Epistemology of Religion, Universidade de Brasília (Brazil). Funded by the John Templeton Foundation under the auspices of the University of Houston.
August 2013–January 2014: Research Fellowship at the Center for Hellenic Studies (Harvard University), granted by CONICET (awarded, not taken up).
January 2013: Equipment grant, CONICET.
September 2011–June 2012: Junior Fellowship in Hellenic Studies, granted by the Center for Hellenic Studies (Harvard University), Washington, D.C.
April 2010–March 2013: Research project “Escepticismo y Racionalidad,” funded by CONICET.
August 2008: FONCYT conference grant to host the conference “Ancient Pyrrhonism and Its Influence on Modern and Contemporary Philosophy.”
May–June 2008: Visiting scholar at the Université de Fribourg (Switzerland), funded by CONICET.
April 2007–March 2009: Postdoctoral Fellowship, granted by CONICET.
April 2002–March 2007: Doctoral Fellowship, granted by CONICET.
October 2002–July 2003: Research Fellowship at the Université de Fribourg, granted by the Swiss Federal Commission for Fellowships for Foreign Students.
April 2000–August 2001: Research Fellowship, granted by Museo Metropolitano de Buenos Aires.
AREAS OF RESEARCH
Ancient Philosophy (Pyrrhonism, Academic skepticism)
Ethics (skepticism, evolutionary debunking arguments)
Epistemology (skepticism, suspension, inquiry, disagreement)
Cognitive Psychology (introspection, confabulation, bias)
Philosophy of Religion (disagreement, skeptical theism, fideism)
EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES
Editor (with D. Pritchard), International Journal for the Study of Skepticism, 2010–present.
Editor (with D. Pritchard), Brill Studies in Skepticism, 2014–present.
Editor, Pyrrhonists and Academic Skeptics (Hellenistic Philosophy) and Pyrrhonian Skepticism (Epistemology), PhilPapers, 2009–present.
Advisory Board member, Encyclopedia of Scepticism and Jewish Tradition, 2021–.
PUBLICATIONS
MONOGRAPHS
2. Disagreement. Elements in Epistemology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (forthcoming)
1. Pyrrhonism Past and Present: Inquiry, Disagreement, Self-Knowledge, and Rationality. Synthese Library 450. Cham: Springer, 2022.
EDITED VOLUMES
7. Evolutionary Debunking Arguments: Ethics, Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Mathematics, Metaphysics, and Epistemology. Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy. New York & Abingdon: Routledge, 2023. [Reviewed in International Journal for the Study of Skepticism 14 (2024).]
6. Les raisons du doute: études sur le scepticisme antique (with Stéphane Marchand). Rencontres 409. Paris: Classiques Garnier, 2019. [Reviewed in Astérion: philosophie, histoire des idées, pensée politique April 2020.]
5. Moral Skepticism: New Essays. Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory 42. New York & Abingdon: Routledge, 2018. (Paperback, 2020.) [Reviewed in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2018.02.16 and International Journal for the Study of Skepticism 9 (2019).]
4. Skepticism: From Antiquity to the Present (with Baron Reed). London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2018. [Reviewed in Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review 58 (2019).]
3. Disagreement and Skepticism. Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy 46. New York & Abingdon: Routledge, 2013. (Paperback, 2017.) [Reviewed in Mind 122 (2013) and The Philosophical Quarterly 54 (2014).]
2. Pyrrhonism in Ancient, Modern, and Contemporary Philosophy. The New Synthese Historical Library 70. Dordrecht: Springer, 2011. [Critical notice in Tijdschrift voor Filosofie 74 (2012); reviewed in International Journal for the Study of Skepticism 4 (2014).]
1. New Essays on Ancient Pyrrhonism. Philosophia Antiqua 126. Leiden & Boston: Brill, 2011. [Reviewed in Phronesis 57 (2012), Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2012.09.36, Revue Philosophique de Louvain 111 (2013), International Journal for the Study of Skepticism 3 (2013), Philosophie Antique 13 (2013), and The Heytrop Journal 57 (2016).]
PAPERS
53. “The Contemporary Reception of Academic Skepticism.” For F. Verde (ed.), Cicero’s Academici Libri. Berlin: De Gruyter. (in progress)
52. “Suspension, Evidence, and Inquiry.” For S. Goldberg & M. Walker (eds.), Attitude in Philosophy. New York: Oxford University Press. (under review)
51. “A Neo-Pyrrhonian Approach to Modern Medicine.” For O. Bueno & L. Garbayo (eds.), Skepticism and Medicine. Cham: Springer. (under review)
50. “Aporia.” In G. Veltri (ed.), Encyclopedia of Scepticism and Jewish Tradition. Leiden: Brill. (forthcoming)
49. “Aenesidemus,” “Equipollence,” “Pyrrho,” “Pyrrhonism,” and “Sextus Empiricus.” In K. Sylvan (ed.), Blackwell Companion to Epistemology, 3rd edition. Chichester: Blackwell. (forthcoming)
48. “Academic Skepticism,” “Arcesilaus,” and “Carneades.” In K. Sylvan (ed.), Blackwell Companion to Epistemology, 3rd edition. Chichester: Blackwell. (forthcoming)
47. “Escepticismo y creencia religiosa.” In C. Rossi & R. Garcia (eds.), Cuestiones contemporáneas de filosofía de la religión. México: Fondo de Cultura Económica. (forthcoming)
46. “Global Evolutionary Arguments: Self-Defeat, Circularity, and Skepticism about Reason.” In D. Machuca (ed.), Evolutionary Debunking Arguments, 333–359. New York & Abingdon: Routledge, 2023.
45. “Introduction.” In D. Machuca (ed.), Evolutionary Debunking Arguments, 1–12. New York & Abingdon: Routledge, 2023.
44. “Personal Information as Symmetry Breaker in Disagreements,” Philosophy 97 (2022): 51–70.
43. “Experimental Evidence against Pyrrhonism: Attacking a Straw Man,” Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review 61 (2022): 123–138.
42. “Is Pyrrhonian Suspension Incompatible with Doubt?,” Midwest Studies in Philosophy 45 (2021): 27–55.
41. “Can the Skeptic Search for Truth?,” Elenchos 42 (2021): 321–349.
40. “Sextus on Ataraxia Revisited,” Ancient Philosophy 40 (2020): 435–452.
39. “Sources of Doxastic Disturbance in Sextus Empiricus,” Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy 56 (2019): 193–214.
38. “Pyrrhonian Argumentation: Therapy, Dialectic, and Inquiry,” Apeiron 52 (2019): 199–221.
37. “Introduction: l’éternel retour du scepticisme antique” (with S. Marchand). In D. Machuca & S. Marchand (eds.), Les raisons du doute: études sur le scepticisme antique, 9–25. Paris: Classiques Garnier, 2019.
36. “Scepticisme, apraxia et rationalité.” In D. Machuca & S. Marchand (eds.), Les raisons du doute: études sur le scepticisme antique, 53–87. Paris: Classiques Garnier, 2019.
35. “Does Pyrrhonism Have Practical or Epistemic Value?” In G. Veltri, R. Haliva, S. Schmid & E. Spinelli (eds.), Sceptical Paths: Enquiry and Doubt from Antiquity to the Present, 43–66. Berlin & Boston: De Gruyter, 2019.
34. “Epistemology in Latin America.” In E. N. Zalta (ed.), Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Fall 2018 Edition. (Updated in Winter 2022 Edition.)
33. “Evolutionary Debunking Arguments in Ethics.” In D. Pritchard (ed.), Oxford Bibliographies in Philosophy. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018. DOI: 10.1093/OBO/9780195396577-0366
32. “Moral Skepticism: An Introduction and Overview.” In D. Machuca (ed.), Moral Skepticism: New Essays, 1–31. New York: Routledge, 2018.
31. “Moral Skepticism, Fictionalism, and Insulation.” In D. Machuca (ed.), Moral Skepticism: New Essays, 213–234. New York: Routledge, 2018.
30. “General Introduction” (with B. Reed). In D. Machuca & B. Reed (eds.), Skepticism: From Antiquity to the Present, xiii–xvi. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2018.
29. “Introduction: Ancient Skepticism.” In D. Machuca & B. Reed (eds.), Skepticism: From Antiquity to the Present, 3–13. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2018.
28. “Introduction: Medieval and Renaissance Skepticism.” In D. Machuca & B. Reed (eds.), Skepticism: From Antiquity to the Present, 165–174. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2018.
27. “A Neo-Pyrrhonian Response to the Disagreeing about Disagreement Argument,” Synthese 194 (2017): 1663–1680.
26. “Again on Sextus on Persuasiveness and Equipollence,” Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie 99 (2017): 212–228.
25. “Disagreement-Based Skepticism,” Syndicate Philosophy 1 (2017).
24. “De praktische en epistemische waarde van het pyrronisme,” Algemeen Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Wijsbegeerte 108 (2016): 73–98.
23. “Conciliationism and the Menace of Scepticism,” Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review 54 (2015): 469–488.
22. “Suspension, Equipollence, and Inquiry: A Reply to Wieland,” Analytic Philosophy 56 (2015): 177–187.
21. “Pyrrhonian Relativism,” Elenchos 36 (2015): 89–114.
20. “Agrippan Pyrrhonism and the Challenge of Disagreement,” Journal of Philosophical Research 40 (2015): 23–39.
19. “La critique du critère de vérité épicurien chez Sextus Empiricus: un scepticisme sur le monde extérieur?” In S. Marchand & F. Verde (eds.), Épicurisme et scepticisme, 105–127. Rome: Sapienza Università Editrice, 2013.
18. “Pyrrhonism.” In D. Pritchard (ed.), Oxford Bibliographies in Philosophy. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013. (Updated in 2019.) DOI: 10.1093/OBO/9780195396577-0240
17. “Pyrrhonism, Inquiry, and Rationality,” Elenchos 34 (2013): 201–228.
16. “Editor’s Introduction.” In D. Machuca (ed.), Disagreement and Skepticism, 1–23. New York: Routledge, 2013.
15. “A Neo-Pyrrhonian Approach to the Epistemology of Disagreement.” In D. Machuca (ed.), Disagreement and Skepticism, 66–89. New York: Routledge, 2013.
14. “The Pyrrhonian Argument from Possible Disagreement,” Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie 93 (2011): 148–161.
13. “Introduction.” In D. Machuca (ed.), New Essays on Ancient Pyrrhonism, 1–9. Leiden & Boston: Brill, 2011.
12. “Moderate Ethical Realism in Sextus’ Against the Ethicists?” In D. Machuca (ed.), New Essays on Ancient Pyrrhonism, 143–178. Leiden & Boston: Brill, 2011.
11. “Introduction.” In D. Machuca (ed.), Pyrrhonism in Ancient, Modern, and Contemporary Philosophy, vii–xvi. Dordrecht: Springer, 2011.
10. “Pyrrhonism and the Law of Non-Contradiction.” In D. Machuca (ed.), Pyrrhonism in Ancient, Modern, and Contemporary Philosophy, 51–77. Dordrecht: Springer, 2011.
9. “Ancient Skepticism: Overview,” Philosophy Compass 6 (2011): 234–245.
8. “Ancient Skepticism: Pyrrhonism,” Philosophy Compass 6 (2011): 246–258.
7. “Ancient Skepticism: The Skeptical Academy,” Philosophy Compass 6 (2011): 259–266.
6. “Argumentative Persuasiveness in Ancient Pyrrhonism,” Méthexis 22 (2009): 101–126.
5. “Sextus Empiricus: His Outlook, Works, and Legacy,” Freiburger Zeitschrift für Philosophie und Theologie 55 (2008): 28–63.
4. “The Local Nature of Modern Moral Skepticism,” Pacific Philosophical Quarterly 87 (2006): 315–324.
3. “The Pyrrhonist’s ἀταραξία and φιλανθρωπία,” Ancient Philosophy 26 (2006): 111–139.
2. “La temporalidad del pensamiento en Descartes,” Revista latinoamericana de filosofía 27 (2001): 99–125.
1. “La substancia y el yo en Descartes,” Adef. Revista de filosofía 16 (2001): 57–75.
BOOK REVIEWS
43. K. Vogt & J. Vlasits (eds.), Epistemology after Sextus Empiricus (Oxford University Press, 2020), in Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 2020.09.04.
42. C. Rovane, The Metaphysics and Ethics of Relativism (Harvard University Press, 2013), in Journal of Moral Philosophy 14 (2017): 463–466.
41. J. Lackey (ed.), Essays in Collective Epistemology (Oxford University Press, 2014), in Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review 55 (2016): 563–564.
40. M. Bergmann & P. Kain (eds.), Challenges to Moral and Religious Belief: Disagreement and Evolution (Oxford University Press, 2014), Philosophy in Review 35 (2015): 235–237.
39. S. Charles & P. J. Smith (eds.), Scepticism in the Eighteenth Century: Enlightenment, Lumières, Aufklärung (Springer, 2013), in Journal of the History of Philosophy 53 (2015): 551–552.
38. R. Bett, Sextus Empiricus: Against the Physicists (Cambridge University Press, 2012), in British Journal for the History of Philosophy 22 (2014): 614–617.
37. D. Coady, What to Believe Now: Applying Epistemology to Contemporary Issues (Wiley–Blackwell, 2012), in Philosophy in Review 34 (2014): 139–141.
36. K. Setiya, Knowing Right from Wrong (Oxford University Press, 2012), in Philosophy in Review 34 (2014): 78–80.
35. M. Lynch, In Praise of Reason (MIT Press, 2012), in Philosophy in Review 33 (2013): 308–311.
34. S. Goldberg, Relying on Others: An Essay in Epistemology (Oxford University Press, 2010), in Philosophy in Review 32 (2012): 468–470.
33. R. Bett (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Scepticism (Cambridge University Press, 2010), in British Journal for the History of Philosophy 19 (2011): 573–579.
32. R. Joyce & S. Kirchin (eds.), A World without Values: Essays on John Mackie’s Moral Error Theory (Springer, 2010), in Philosophy in Review 31 (2011): 354–358.
31. T. Irwin, “The Sceptics,” Ch. 10 in The Development of Ethics, 3 vols. (Oxford University Press, 2007–2009), in The Philosophical Forum 42 (2011): 269–335.
30. A. M. Ioppolo, La testimonianza di Sesto Empirico sull’ Accademia scettica (Bibliopolis, 2009), in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2010.11.13.
29. Q. Smith (ed.), Epistemology: New Essays (Oxford University Press, 2008), in Philosophy in Review 30 (2010): 305–308.
28. M. Forster, Kant and Skepticism (Princeton University Press, 2008), in Philosophy in Review 30 (2010): 186–188.
27. H. Thorsrud, Ancient Scepticism (Acumen, 2009), in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2009.10.56.
26. J. Delattre (ed.), Sur le Contre les professeurs de Sextus Empiricus (Presses de l’Université de Charles-de-Gaulle–Lille 3, 2006), in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2009.07.06.
25. D. Wong, Natural Moralities: A Defense of Pluralistic Relativism (Oxford University Press, 2006), in Philosophy in Review 29 (2009): 148–150.
24. C. Lévy, Les scepticismes. Que sais-je? 2829 (PUF, 2008), in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2009.01.09.
23. L. Caranti, Kant and the Scandal of Philosophy: The Kantian Critique of Cartesian Scepticism (University of Toronto Press, 2007), in The Review of Metaphysics 62/2 (2008): 131–133.
22. R. Joyce, The Evolution of Morality (MIT Press, 2006), in Philosophy in Review 28 (2008): 343–346.
21. W. Sinnott-Armstrong, Moral Skepticisms (Oxford University Press, 2006), in Philosophy in Review 28 (2008): 303–305.
20. A.-M. Ioppolo, D. N. Sedley (eds.), Pyrrhonists, Patricians, Platonizers. Hellenistic Philosophy in the Period 155-86 BC. Tenth Symposium Hellenisticum (Bibliopolis, 2007), in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2008.07.22.
19. E. Spinelli, Questioni Scettiche: Letture introduttive al pirronismo antico (Lithos, 2005), in Freiburger Zeitschrift für Philosophie und Theologie 55 (2008): 263–266.
18. R. Bett (trans.), Sextus Empiricus: Against the Logicians (Cambridge University Press, 2005), in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2008.01.11.
17. W. Sinnott-Armstrong (ed.), Pyrrhonian Skepticism (Oxford University Press, 2004), in International Journal of Philosophical Studies 15 (2007): 154–159.
16. K. Algra et alii (eds.), The Cambridge History of Hellenistic Philosophy (Cambridge University Press, 2005), in Philosophy in Review 27 (2007): 237–239.
15. C. Brittain (trans.), Cicero: On Academic Scepticism (Hackett, 2006), in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2006.11.07.
14. R. Polito, The Sceptical Road: Aenesidemus’ Appropriation of Heraclitus (Brill, 2004), in British Journal for the History of Philosophy 14 (2006): 160–164.
13. J. M. Neto & R. Popkin (eds.), Skepticism in Renaissance and Post-Renaissance Thought: New Interpretations (Humanity Books, 2004), in Philosophisches Jahrbuch der Görres-Gesellschaft 113 (2006): 202–205.
12. R. Fogelin, Walking the Tightrope of Reason: The Precarious Life of a Rational Animal (Oxford University Press, 2003), in Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review 45 (2006): 188–191.
11. A. Bailey, Sextus Empiricus and Pyrrhonean Scepticism (Clarendon Press, 2002), in Ancient Philosophy 25 (2005): 212–222.
10. J. Miller & B. Inwood (eds.), Hellenistic and Early Modern Philosophy (Cambridge University Press, 2003), in Philosophie antique 5 (2005): 241–244.
9. R. Popkin, The History of Scepticism from Savonarola to Bayle (Oxford University Press, 2003), in Philosophisches Jahrbuch der Görres-Gesellschaft 112 (2005): 191–194.
8. M. B. Wringley & P. J. Smith (eds.), O filósofo e sua história: uma homenagem a Oswaldo Porchat (Coleção CLE, 2003), in Anuario filosófico 38 (2005): 686–687.
7. C. Dalimier et alii (trans.), Sextus Empiricus: Contre les professeurs (Seuil, 2002), in Ancient Philosophy 24 (2004): 503–510.
6. L. Floridi, Sextus Empiricus: The Transmission and Recovery of Pyrrhonism (Oxford University Press, 2002), in British Journal for the History of Philosophy 12 (2004): 336–340.
5. J. Allen, Inference from Signs: Ancient Debates about the Nature of Evidence (Clarendon Press, 2001), in Philosophie antique 4 (2004): 214–219.
4. P. Pellegrin et alii (trans.), Galien: Traités philosophiques et logiques (Flammarion, 1998), in Philosophie antique 2 (2002): 236–239.
3. P. Pellegrin (trans.), Sextus Empiricus: Esquisses pyrrhoniennes (Seuil, 1997), in Revue philosophique de Louvain 100 (2002): 797–801.
2. R. Bett, Pyrrho, His Antecedents, and His Legacy (Clarendon Press, 2000), in Méthexis 14 (2001): 155–158.
1. T. Bénatouïl, Le scepticisme (Flammarion, 1997), in Méthexis 14 (2001): 152–155.
TRANSLATIONS
4. Svavar Svavarsson, “Les actions du pyrrhonien selon Sextus Empiricus (PH I 21–24).” In D. Machuca & S. Marchand (eds.), Les raisons du doute: études sur le scepticisme antique, 29–51. Paris: Classiques Garnier, 2019. (From English to French.)
3. Casey Perin, “Scepticisme et détachement de soi.” In D. Machuca & S. Marchand (eds.), Les raisons du doute: études sur le scepticisme antique, 127–152. Paris: Classiques Garnier, 2019. (From English to French.)
2. Richard Bett, “Le scepticisme antique est-il viable aujourd’hui?” In D. Machuca & S. Marchand (eds.), Les raisons du doute: études sur le scepticisme antique, 153–177. Paris: Classiques Garnier, 2019. (From English to French.)
1. Sylvia Giocanti, “François de La Mothe Le Vayer.” In D. Machuca & B. Reed (eds.), Skepticism: From Antiquity to the Present, 282–294. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2018. (From French to English.)
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
2. “La caída: el hombre y su doble cara,” La revista del psicoanálisis 1 (2000): 3–4.
1. “Calígula: muerte, absurdo y desesperación,” La Capital, Mar del Plata, 20 February 2000: 2–3.
PRESENTATIONS
43. “Skepticism: Ancient and Contemporary,” Roundtable “Archeology of Scepticism: Multiple Layers of a Philosophical Strategy,” 25th World Congress of Philosophy, Rome, August 2, 2024.
42. “Is Skeptical Inquiry Possible?,” Conference “The Philosophical Significance of Skepticism,” Universität Hamburg, July 21–24, 2024.
41. “The Philosophical Significance of Skepticism,” Keynote Lecture, MCAS Summer School, Universität Hamburg, July 16–19, 2024.
40. “On Refuting Pyrrhonian Skepticism,” Internal Workshop, Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies, Universität Hamburg, April 25–26, 2023.
39. “Skepticism: Ancient and Contemporary,” Online Seminar “Ancient Philosophy in Dialogue,” Università degli Studi di Roma “Tor Vergata,” April 21, 2022.
38. “Pyrrhonian Inquiry,” Séminaire de recherche “Prolepsis,” Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, April 15, 2022.
37. “Skeptical Theism, Fideism, and Pyrrhonian Skepticism,” Workshop “The (Non)Existence and Nature of God: Metaphysical, Logical, and Epistemological Debates,” Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, March 23–24, 2022.
36. “How Should We React to Deep Religious Disagreement?,” Workshop “Metafísica, la figura de Dios y el pensamiento religioso,” Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, September 22–24, 2021.
35. “Deep Religious Disagreement and Toleration,” Workshop “Ethics of Conversation and Disagreement,” Tilburg University & German-Turkish University, June 18–19, 2021.
34. “Is Pyrrhonian Suspension Incompatible with Doubt?,” Workshop “Recent Work on Skepticism,” New Mexico State University, January 28, 2021.
33. “Desacuerdo y autoconocimiento,” VI Jornadas de Lógica Informal y Argumentación, Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento, October 30–November 1, 2019.
32. “Argumentos evolutivos y escepticismo moral,” Universidad Austral, June 27, 2019.
31. “Agrippan Pyrrhonism, Questionable Assumptions, and the Epistemic Challenge of Disagreement,” 4th Cologne-Leuven Epistemology Meeting, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, May 18–19, 2017.
30. “The Practical and Epistemic Value of Pyrrhonism,” Philosophical Colloquium, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, May 15, 2017.
29. “Agrippan Pyrrhonism, Questionable Assumptions, and the Epistemic Challenge of Disagreement,” Conference “Scepticism from Antiquity to Modern Times,” Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies, Universität Hamburg, May 8–11, 2017.
28. “Agrippan Pyrrhonism, Questionable Assumptions, and the Epistemic Challenge of Disagreement,” EXRE Colloquium, Université de Fribourg, May 3, 2017.
27. “Pirronismo y racionalidad,” VI International Meeting on Skepticism & XVII Colóquio Brasileiro sobre Ceticismo, Universidade Federal da Bahia, April 26–28, 2017.
26. “El desafío epistémico del desacuerdo,” IV Jornadas de Lógica Informal y Argumentación, Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento, October 8–9, 2015.
25. “Fogelin’s Neo-Pyrrhonism: Ordinary Beliefs, Levels of Scrutiny, and the Scope of Suspension,” lecture series “Pyrrhonism Past and Present,” Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), May 16, 2014.
24. “Porchat’s Neo-Pyrrhonism: Common Life, Dogmatism, and Skeptical Investigation,” lecture series “Pyrrhonism Past and Present,” Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), May 14, 2014.
23. “Sextus Empiricus’s Pyrrhonism: Inquiry, Rationality, and Disagreement,” lecture series “Pyrrhonism Past and Present,” Universidade de São Paulo (USP), May 13, 2014.
22. “A Pyrrhonian Response to the Disagreeing about Disagreement Argument,” Conference “Neo-Pyrrhonism, Ancient and Contemporary,” Universidade Federal do Paraná (Curitiba), May 22–24, 2013.
21. “La critique du critère de vérité épicurien chez Sextus Empiricus: un scepticisme sur le monde extérieur?” Colloque “Épicurisme et Scepticisme,” École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, November 13–14, 2012.
20. “El uso terapéutico de argumentos en Sexto Empírico,” Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá), October 1, 2012.
19. “Escepticismo y acción irracional,” IV Congreso Colombiano de Filosofía, Symposium “¿Es posible la acción irracional?” Universidad de Caldas (Manizales), September 24–28, 2012.
18. “Pyrrhonism and Disagreement,” Center for Hellenic Studies, April 28, 2012.
17. “Peer Disagreement and Radical Skepticism,” University of Miami, April 24, 2012.
16. “Can the Skeptic Search for Truth?” Center for Hellenic Studies, October 7, 2011.
15. “Agrippan Pyrrhonism and the Problem of Disagreement,” Johns Hopkins University, October 5, 2011.
14. “The Epistemology of Disagreement: A Neo-Pyrrhonian Perspective,” Northwestern University, September 29, 2011.
13. “¿Puede el pirrónico buscar la verdad?” Universidade Federal do Paraná (Curitiba), August 30, 2010.
12. “Los Modos de Agripa,” Universidade Federal da Bahia (Salvador), August 27, 2010.
11. “Pyrrhonian Relativism,” III Meeting on Skepticism, Universidade Federal da Bahia, August 23–25, 2010.
10. “Agrippan Pyrrhonism,” Durham University, October 21, 2009.
9. “Pyrrhonian Relativism,” Durham University, October 20, 2009.
8. “The Pyrrhonist’s Attitude Towards the Law of Non-Contradiction,” B Club, University of Cambridge, October 19, 2009.
7. “Moderate Ethical Realism in Sextus’ Against the Ethicists?” Sapienza–Università di Roma, October 13, 2009.
6. “Pyrrhonian Relativism,” Conference “Logos, episteme, praxis: la dimensione dell’individuo fra Aristotele e Plotino,” Sapienza–Università di Roma, October 9–10, 2009.
5. “The Pyrrhonist’s Observance of the Law of Non-Contradiction,” International Conference on Ancient Pyrrhonism and Its Influence on Modern and Contemporary Philosophy, Buenos Aires, August 6–8, 2008.
4. “Argumentative Persuasiveness in Ancient Pyrrhonism,” Université de Paris X–Nanterre, June 3, 2008.
3. “Le principe de non-contradiction dans le Pyrrhonisme,” Journée d'étude “Certitude et Méthode,” École Pratique des Hautes Études à la Sorbonne, May 31, 2008.
2. “La filantropía pirroniana,” XIII Congreso Nacional de Filosofía, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, November 22–25, 2005.
1. “Sextus Empiricus et le relativisme éthique,” Colloque des doctorants en philosophie antique de Suisse Romande, Université de Fribourg, January 22, 2003.
SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION
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Book proposal referee for Oxford University Press (2015), Routledge (2016, 2017x2, 2019, 2023), De Gruyter (2017), and Bloomsbury (2023).
Referee for UBACyT research project, Universidad de Buenos Aires (2019).
Referee for the 2013 meeting of the Central States Philosophical Association (CSPA).
Organizer of the Skepticism Lecture Series (SLS), February–October 2021.
Organizer of the conference “Ancient Pyrrhonism and Its Influence on Modern and Contemporary Philosophy,” Buenos Aires, August 2008.
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