I specialize in Early Modern philosophy, Latin American philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, and Social and Political philosophy, though my research in the latter two fields is often subordinated to my research in the former two fields.  One of my research foci is Leibniz’s interrelated views on freedom, agency, responsibility, and metaphysics of modality.  In Latin American philosophy, my research tends to revolve around freedom, liberation, and authenticity, and the extent to which these notions are influenced by, or themselves influence, notions of race and ethnic identity.  I am particularly interested in the way these notions emerge in the early and middle parts of the twentieth century, when much of Latin American philosophy was re-defining itself independently of, and often in explicit opposition to, the philosophical currents originating in Europe which had dominated Latin American thinking until then.

I have published articles on Leibniz, Thomas Reid, Carlos Vaz Ferreira, Paulo Freire, Clemente de Jesus Munguia, Jorge Portilla, and Emilio Uranga.

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