Setting Sun- Egon Schiele, 1913.
Setting Sun- Egon Schiele, 1913.
The central axis shaping my current projects is the aim to study philosophical positions without importing methodological assumptions that have come to dominate epistemology in the last fifty years.
Currently, my main area of interest is Hellenistic Scepticism, both Academic and Pyrrhonian. Historically, I am trying to reconstruct these as distinct traditions with their own development.
Regarding the Academics, I am trying to shift the framework in which they are usually interpreted. I argue that, unlike the Pyrrhonists, they were not guided by systematic suspension of judgement, and that attempts to attribute to them a self-descriptive semantic theory compatible with suspension are therefore misguided. Instead, their philosophical activity is better understood through their Platonic–Socratic background and their engagement with Stoic arguments.
I am working on a companion piece on Pyrrhonism, arguing that its development should not be understood as doctrinal change but as differences in conceptual grammar for expressing—and methods for attaining—the shared suspensive attitude first personified by Pyrrho. On this view, the Aristocles passage can be read as a practical guide for attaining this attitude rather than as the statement of a doctrine.
I have also developed an interest in Ancient Cynicism, and I am drafting a paper that untangles some of the unexamined assumptions about Cynics' own attitude towards their Cynicism that should render their position more intellegible.
I am also working on the History of Philosophy more broadly with methodological diagnosis in mind. In particular, I am developing an account of the transition from idealised epistemology to Gettier style JTB analysis that attempts to explain some of the assumptions that I try to avoid in my other research.
Articles
Just ‘Skeptic’? Critical note to ‘The names of Ancient Skepticism: aporētikoí, ephektikoí, pyrrhōneioi, skeptikoí and zētētikoí’ by Ramón Román Alcalá (in Spanish). Anales del Seminario de Historia de la Filosofía (forthcoming).
Review of Escépticos y dogmáticos: estudios sobre la Academia Nueva by Salvador Mas Torres (in Spanish). Endoxa Series Filosóficas 56, 301-307, 2025.
Review of El Emperador Filósofo by Ignacio Pajón Leyra (in Spanish). Endoxa Series Filosóficas 53, 317-321, 2024.
Review of Sabios, Ignorantes y Felices. Lo que los Antiguos Escépticos nos Enseñan by Daniel Tubau (in Spanish). Anales del Seminario de Historia de la Filosofía, 41(3), 711-712, 2024.
Talks and Conferences
Are Dogs Allowed? Ancient Cynics and hospitality. Talk to be presented at the Ancient Philosophy Society 25th annual meeting (2026)
The Rise of the Platonists: the end of the Academy and Plato's legacy. Talk for the UCM Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy seminar (2026, in Spanish).
Who is Afraid of the Sceptic? Academics, Pyrrhonists and epistemic asymmteries. Talk for the UCM Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy seminar (2026, in Spanish).
Thrasymachus' Roar: Classical influences of contemporary political realism. Talk for the Classical Political Theory Congress at Universidad Complutense de Madrid (2025, in Spanish).
Rhetorical Strategies of Pyrrhonian Scepticism. Talk for the III conference of young researchers in rhetoric (2025, in Spanish).
Notes & Miscellaneous
Research project on Integral Homotopy Theory and Nori Motives (by my mathematical alter ego).
Research project on Nonstandard Analysis (by my mathematical alter ego).