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.
The Academics are often interpreted as either 'sceptical Stoics,' or Pyrrhonists in all but their aim at ataraxia. I am attempting to reconstruct a distinctive Academic philosophy by examining how they understood cocnepts such as akatalèpsia (inapprehensibility), asyngatáthesis (not-assent) and epoché (withholding) without impossing their Stoic or Pyrrhonian meanings.
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.
Finally, I am 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 43, 465-471, 2026.
Review of Rafael Ferber. The Ignorance of the Philosopher. Why Did Plato Not Write the "Unwritten Doctrine"? Plato Journal 27, 97-100, 2026.
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
From Epistēmē to ‘Knowledge’: Why Gettier Epistemology Chased an Unattainable Ideal. Talk to be presented at the 3rd biennial conference of the British Society for the Theory of Knowledge, hosted at Oxford University, 2026.
Are Dogs Allowed? Ancient Cynics and hospitality. Talk for the Ancient Philosophy Society 25th annual meeting, hosted at NYU, 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 asymmetries. 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).