Professional
address:
Departamento de Filosofía, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de
Málaga, 29071 Málaga (Spain)
Telephone:
(95) 2131815
Educational background:
1987:
Doctor in Philosophy (award with special distinction), University of Málaga (Spain).
1984:
Bachelor Degree in Philosophy and Teacher Training (award with special
distinction), University of Málaga (Spain).
Other studies:
1998-2002:
Completed several Biology courses in the Faculty of Sciences, University of Málaga (Cytology, Zoology, Mathematics, Chemistry, New Trends in Biology, Bio-molecules, Microscopic Plant Organography, Animal Systematics
and Phylogeny, Botanic, Physics, Microbiology, Biostatistics, Biochemistry,
Genetics, Ecology, Theory of Evolution, Genetic Analysis, Neurophysiology,
Ecological Theory, Paleobiology, Evolutionary Paleontology).
Academic positions:
● May 2010 – present: Full Professor
of Logic and Philosophy of Science (Catedrático de Lógica y Filosofía de la Ciencia), Department of Philosophy, University of Málaga (Spain)
● June 1989 – May 2010: Associate Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science
(Profesor Titular de Lógica
y Filosofía de la Ciencia),
Department of Philosophy, University of Málaga
(Spain).
● October 1987 – May 1989: Temporary
Associate Professor (Profesor Titular Interino), Department of Philosophy, University of Málaga.
● January 1986 – September 1987: Profesor Colaborador, Department of Philosophy, University of Málaga.
● November 1984 – December 1985: Teaching
Assistant (Profesor Ayudante),
Department of Philosophy, University of Málaga.
Present teaching:
Philosophy of
Science
Philosophy of
Biology
Science, Technology and Society
Publications:
Books:
●
(2012) La vida bajo escrutinio. Una
introducción a la filosofía de la biología (Life Under Scrutiny. An Introduction to Philosophy of
Biology), Barcelona: Biblioteca Buridán.
● (2011) La
evolución del conocimiento. De la mente animal a la mente humana (The Evolution of
Knowledge. From Animal Mind to Human Mind),
Madrid: Biblioteca Nueva.
● (2005) Filosofía de la ciencia (Philosophy of Science), Madrid:
Biblioteca Nueva.
● (1998) Realismo científico. Una introducción al debate actual en la filosofía
de la ciencia (Scientific Realism.
An Introduction to the current Debate in the Philosophy of Science), Málaga: Universidad de Málaga.
● (1988) La teoría de las ciencias morales en John Stuart Mill (John Stuart
Mill’s Theory of Moral Sciences), Málaga: Universidad de Málaga.
Books as editor:
● (Forthcoming)
Diéguez, A. & J. M. Atencia
(eds.) Naturaleza
animal, naturaleza humana (Animal Nature, Human Nature).
● (2006) Diéguez, A. & J. M. Atencia
(eds.), Genes y
máquinas. Aspectos éticos y sociales de las biotecnologías y las tecnologías de
la información. (Genes
and Machines. Ethical
and Social Aspects of the Biotechnologies and the Technologies of Information).
● (2004) Diéguez, A. & J.
M. Atencia (eds.) Tecnociencia y cultura a comienzos del siglo
XXI (Technoscience and
Culture at the Beginning of XXI Century), Málaga: Universidad de Málaga.
● (2003) Diéguez, A. & J. M. Atencia
(eds.) Historia
sencilla de la filosofía reciente (Easy History of Recent
Philosophy), Archidona: Aljibe.
Last papers and chapters in
books (ten last years):
●
(Forthcoming, 2011) “Kitcher's Modest Realism: The Reconceptualization of Scientific Objectivity”, en W. J. González (ed.), Scientific
Realism and Democratic Society: The Philosophy of
Philip Kitcher, “Poznan Studies in the Philosophy
of the Sciences and the Humanities” Amsterdam: Rodopi.
● (2011a) “Conceptual Thinking in Animals. Some Reflections on Language, Concepts, and Mind”, in Martínez-Contreras,
J. & A. Ponce de León (eds.) Darwin’s Evolving Legagy,
México: Fondo de Cultura Económica.
● (2011b) “El origen evolutivo de la
racionalidad humana” (The evolutionary
origin of human rationality), en A. R. Pérez Ransanz
y A. Velasco (eds.), Racionalidad en ciencia y tecnología. Nuevas perspectivas
iberoamericanas, México: UNAM, 2011, pp. 179-191.
● (2011c) “Alguien, en efecto, ha
debido malinterpretar algo: El desafío de Fodor y Piattelli-Palmarini al
darwinismo” (“Someone indeed
got something wrong: Fodor and
Piatelli-Palmarini’s challenge to Darwinism”),
Ludus Vitalis, vol. XIX, nº 35, pp. 341-357.
● (2010) “El argumento de Alvin Plantinga contra el naturalismo evolucionista: un análisis
crítico” (“Alvin Plantinga’s Argument
against Evolutionary Naturalism: A Critical Appraisal”), Éndoxa, 24, 2010, pp. 333-349. ISSN: 1133-5351
●
(2009a) “Thinking about Technology, but… in Ortega’s or in Heidegger’s Style?”, Argumentos de Razón Técnica, 12, pp. 99-123. ISSN:
1139-3327
● (2009b) “Sistemas cognitivos y
representaciones mentales desde la perspectiva evolucionista” (“Cognitive Systems and Mental Representations from an Evolutionary Perspective”), en P. Martínez Freire (ed.) Representaciones, en Suplement
XIV of Contrastes,
pp. 201-223. ISBN: 978-84-613-2324-1
● (2009c) “Nihilismo darwinista”
(“Darwinian Nihilism”), Teorema, 28 (2), pp. 215-221.
● (2008a) “¿Usó Nietzsche el peor
argumento del mundo? Una indagación sobre las bases evolucionistas del antirrealismo nietzscheano” (“Did Nietzsche Use the Worst Argument
in the World? An Inquiry about the
Evolutionary Bases of Nietzsche’s Antirrealism”), Estudios Nietzsche, 8, pp. 65-90.
● (2008b) “¿Es la vida un género
natural? Dificultades para lograr una definición del concepto de vida” (“Is Life a Natural Kind? Some Dificulties
in order to Obtain a Definition of Life”), Artefactos, 1, pp. 81-100.
● (2007) “La relatividad
conceptual y el problema de la verdad. Bases para un realismo ontológico
moderado” (“Conceptual Relativism and
the Question of Truth. Bases for a Moderate Ontological Realism”), Contrastes, 12, pp. 71-91.
●
(2006a) “Why Does Laudan’s Confutation of Convergent
Realism Fail?”, Journal for General
Philosophy of Science, Vol. 37, nº 2, pp. 393-403.
● (2006b) “Ortega y Marías,
críticos del realismo” (“Ortega and Marías as Critics of Realism”),
Revista de estudios orteguianos,
nº 12/13, pp. 131-152.
●
(2006c) “La ciencia desde una perspectiva
postmoderna: Entre la legitimidad política y la validez epistemológica” (“Science from a Postmodern Perspective: Its Political Legitimacy
and its Epistemological
Validity”), in II
Jornadas de Filosofía. Filosofía y política, Coín
(Málaga): Procure, 2006, pp. 177-205.
● (2005a) “Representación, cognición y evolución” (“Representation, Cognition, and Evolution”, in P. Martínez
Freire (ed.) Cognición y representación,
suplement X, Contrastes,
Málaga: Universidad de Málaga, 2005.
● (2005b) “Realismo y antirrealismo en la filosofía de
la biología” (Realism and Antirealism in the Philosophy of Biology”),
Ludus Vitalis, vol. XIII, nº 23, 2005, pp. 49-71.
● (2005c) “El
determinismo tecnológico: Indicaciones para su interpretación” (“Technological Determinism:
Suggestions for its Interpretation”), Argumentos de Razón Técnica, 8, pp.
67-87.
● (2005d)
“¿Hay diferencia esencial entre hombres y animales? Animales por
derecho” (“Is there some difference between human beings and animals?”), en J.
V. Arregui (ed.), Debate sobre las
antropologías. Themata, 35, 2005, pp. 83-90.
● (2004a) “El realismo epistemológico a la luz de la
epistemología evolucionista” (“The Epistemological Realism in the Light of the
Evolutionary Epistemology”),
in A. Rivadulla (ed.), Hipótesis y verdad en la ciencia. Ensayos sobre la filosofía de Karl R.
Popper, Madrid: Editorial Complutense, pp. 67-80.
● (2004b) “Responsabilidad y desarrollo tecnológico” (“Responsibility and Technological Development”), in Atencia & Diéguez (eds.), Tecnociencia y cultura a comienzos del siglo
XXI, Málaga: Universidad de Málaga, pp. 311-328.
● (2004c) “Los estudios Ciencia, Tecnología y Sociedad.
Una panorámica general” (“The ‘Science, Technology, and
Society’ Studies. An Overview”),
in Atencia & Diéguez (eds.), Tecnociencia y
cultura a comienzos del siglo XXI, Málaga: Universidad de Málaga, pp.
53-86.
● (2004d) “Popper como filósofo de la biología”
(“Popper as a Philosopher of
Biology”), in W. J. González (ed.), Karl Popper: Revisión de su legado,
Madrid: Unión Editorial, 2004, pp. 413-450.
● (2003a) “La necesidad de la epistemología en un mundo
tecnificado. ¿Es Rorty inconsistente?” (“The
Necessity of Epistemology in a Technological World. Is Rorty Inconsistent?”),
Éndoxa, nº 17, pp. 155-182.
● (2003b) (with J. M. Atencia) “Modernidad y crítica de la razón” (“Modernity and the
Critic of Reason”), in Diéguez y Atencia (eds.), Historia
sencilla de la filosofía reciente, Archidona: Aljibe, pp. 127-146.
● (2003c) “Cuatro preguntas fundamentales en la filosofía
de la ciencia” (“Four Basic Questions
in the Philosophy of Science”), in Diéguez & Atencia (eds.), Historia
sencilla de la filosofía reciente, Archidona: Aljibe, pp. 221-242.
● (2003d) “Qué
es la epistemología evolucionista” (“What is the Evolutionary
Epistemology”), Teleskop, vol.
1. nº 3.
● (2002) “Realismo y epistemología evolucionista de los
mecanismos cognitivos” (“Realism and
Evolutionary Epistemology of Cognitive Mechanisms”),
Crítica, 102, pp. 3-28.
● (2001a) “Las explicaciones del éxito de la ciencia. Un análisis comparativo” (“The Explanations of Scientific Success. A Comparative Analysis”), Themata, 27, pp.
9-23.
● (2001b) “Milenarismo tecnológico. La competencia entre seres humanos y
robots inteligentes” (“Technological Milenarism. The Competition
between Human Beings and Inteligent Robots”), Argumentos de Razón Técnica, 4, pp. 219-240.
Selected invited lectures:
● 2011a: “Vida artificial y
concepto de vida” (“Artificial Life and the Notion
of Life”), in II Coloquio
Internacional de Filosofía de la Tecnología: Bioartificialidad.
Naturaleza, Arte y Técnica, México D. F., 3 november.
●
2011b: “Is life a natural kind?”, en el “Workshop on
Natural Kinds”, Granada, 9 september.
●
2011c: “Animal thinking”, plenary lecture in the “Ninth International
Conference on New Directions in the Humanities”, Granada, 8 June.
● 2010a: “La filosofía de la
tecnología de Ortega como guía para la acción. Una comparación con Heidegger” (“Ortega’s philosophy of
technology as a guide to action. A comparison with Heidegger”), at the
“Simposio internacional: Ortega y Gasset y su Meditación de la técnica. A los
75 años de su publicación en La Nación de Buenos Aires”, Madrid, 4 November.
●
2010b: “Comment on Sober: the sex ratio problem and the explanatory role of
models in biology”, en Barcelona Conference on Causality and Explanation in
Physics, Biology and Economics, Barcelona, 19 February.
● 2009a: “Popper frente a
Darwin” (“Popper vs. Darwin”), Coloquio Complutense de Lógica, Lenguaje y
Ciencia, Departamento de Lógica y Filosofía de la Ciencia, Universidad
Complutense, Madrid, 2 February.
● 2009b: “¿Es
la vida un género natural? Dificultades para lograr una definición del concepto
de vida” (“Is Life a
Natural Kind? Some Difficulties
in order to Obtain a Definition of Life”), at the congress “La idea de la evolución. 150 años
después de Darwin”, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, 17 June.
● 2009c: “Can Animals Think? Some Reflections on
Concepts, Language and Mind”, at the International Symposium “Lamarck-Darwin
1809-2009. Doscientos años de evolucionismo”,
Xalapa, Veracruz (México), 1 October.
● 2008a: “La epistemología evolucionista y el debate sobre el
realismo” (“The Evolutionary
Epistemology and the debate about realism”), course of the Universidad Internacional
Menéndez Pelayo “Darwin in memoriam. Las teorías de
la evolución hoy”, Valencia, 17 July.
● 2008b: Invited discussant at the congress “What (Good)
is Historical Epistemology”, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science,
Berlin, 24-26 July
● 2007a: “What is Technological Determinism and Why it Should
Not be Accepted”, Real Colegio Complutense,
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. (USA), 15 March.
● 2007b: “A Comparison of Ortega’s and Heidegger’s Philosophy of
Technology”, Center for International Education, Salisbury University, Salisbury,
Maryland, (USA), 6 April.
● 2007c: “Ortega y Gasset and Heidegger: Two Opposing Views of
Technology”, Real Colegio Complutense,
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. (USA),
19 April.
● 2007d: “Epistemología evolucionista: algunas aplicaciones”
(“Evolutionary Epistemology:
Some applications”),
Jornada sobre Epistemología Evolucionista, Facultad de Filosofía y CC. EE., Universitat de València,
Valencia, 12 December.
● 2006: “El realismo modesto de Philip
Kitcher: La reconceptualización de la objetividad científica y del papel de la
ciencia en la sociedad” (Kitcher’s Modest Realism: The Reconceptualisation of Scientific Objectivity
and of the
Role of Science in Society”), Jornadas sobre “Realismo científico y sociedad
democrática: La aportación de Philip Kitcher”, Universidade
da Coruña, Ferrol, 9 March.
● 2003: “Popper como filósofo
de la Biología” (“Popper as a Philosopher of Biology”), Jornadas sobre Karl
Popper: Revisión de su legado (Karl Popper Conference.
His Legacy Revisited), Universidade da Coruña,
Ferrol (Spain), 13 March.
● 2002: “El éxito predictivo
y práctico de la ciencia. Una explicación realista” (“The
Predictive and Practical Success of Science. A Realist Account”), Summer Course of the Universidad Complutense “Ciencia y Sociedad. El impacto social de la cultura científica y
técnica”, El Escorial (Spain), 11 July.
● 2001: “¿Ciencia
postmoderna?” (“A Post-modern Science?”),
“Pólemos” Seminary,
Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Madrid (Spain),
8 November.
● 1998: “Science, Technology, and the Task of
Philosophy”, Department of Philosophy, University of Helsinki (Finland), 28
May.
● 1997: “¿Un mundo
tecnificado sin filosofía?” (“A Technological World without Philosophy?”), Summer Course of
the Universidad Complutense “Ciencia y conciencia:
Realidad del problema de las dos culturas”, El Escorial (Spain),
21 August.
● 1997: “Verdad y progreso
científico” (“Truth and Scientific Progress”), Jornadas
sobre progreso científico e innovación tecnológica: La filosofía de I.
Niiniluoto (Conference on Scientific Progress and Technological Innovation: The Philosophy of I. Niiniluoto), Universidade da Coruña, Ferrol (Spain),
12 March.
Stays at foreign
universities:
● February-April 2007: Visiting
scholar at the Department of Philosophy, Harvard University, Cambridge,
MA. (USA)
● May 2003: Visiting scholar
at the Department of Philosophy, University of Helsinki.
● May – July
1998: Visiting scholar at the Department of Philosophy, University of Helsinki.
● 1 January 1999 to 31 March 2000: Acting Dean
of the Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities, University of Málaga.
● February 1997 to December 1999 and April 2000 to
December 2002: Vice-dean of Coordination of the Faculty of Philosophy and
Humanities, University of Málaga.
● November 1984 to March 1991: Secretary of the
Department of Philosophy, University of Málaga.
● 1999–2003: Elected member of the
Senate of the University of Málaga.
● 1988–1991: Member of the Governing Board of the
Journal Philosophica Malacitana.
● 1991–1996: Member of the
Editorial Board of the Journal Philosophica Malacitana.
● 1996–present: Member of the
Editorial Board of the Journal Contrastes.
● 2005–present: Member of the
Editorial Board of the Journal Argumentos de Razón Técnica.
● 1986: Secretary of the Programme Committee of
the “I Jornadas Malagueñas
de Filosofía” (I Philosophy Conference in Málaga), Marbella (Spain).
● 1987: Secretary of the Programme Committee of
the “II Jornadas Malagueñas
de Filosofía” (II Philosophy Conference in Málaga), Marbella (Spain).
● 2002: Co-organizer (with J. M. Atencia) of the course “Tecnociencia
y cultura a comienzos del siglo XXI” (Technoscience and Culture
at the Beginning of XXI Century), 3-12 April, University of Málaga,
Málaga (Spain).
● 2005: Co-organizer (with J. M. Atencia) of the
course “Tecnociencia y cultura a comienzos del siglo
XXI. Un enfoque social de las biotecnologías y las tecnologías de la
información” (Technoscience and
Culture at the Beginning of XXI Century. A
Social Approach to the Biotechnologies and the Technologies of Information),
14-22 April, University of Málaga, Málaga (Spain).
● 2005: Co-organizer (with J. M. Atencia) of the “José Ortega y Gasset Conference”, 21-26
November, University of Málaga, Málaga
(Spain).
● 2006: Director of the summer course of the
University of Málaga “Julián
Marías: Una filosofía en el destierro”, 31 july – 4 August, Vélez-Málaga (Spain).
●
(2009) Member of the Scientific Committee of the XXVª Jornadas
de Paleontología, organized by the Spanish Society of
Paleontology, Ronda (Spain), 23 – 26 September.
● 2010: Director of the summer course of the
University of Málaga “Hombres y animales:
¿Qué hemos aprendido de Darwin?” 12-16 July, Ronda
(Spain).
Professional organisations:
● (1993–present) Member of the “Sociedad de Lógica,
Metodología y Filosofía de
la Ciencia en España”
(Society of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science in Spain).
● (2009—present) Member of the International Society for History, Philosophy, and Social
Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB).
● (2009—present)
Member of the Sociedad Española
de Biología Evolucionista
(SESBE) (Spanish Society for Evolutionary Biology).
Other activities:
● Member of the
Research Group in Cognitive Sciences, belonging to the Andalusian
Research Plan. Code HUM264.