Assistant Professor, Philosophy
School of Humanities

Early Modern Philosophy, Latin American Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Social and Political Philosophy

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One of my research foci is Leibniz’s interrelated views on freedom, agency, responsibility, and metaphysics of modality. In Latin American philosophy, my research revolves around freedom, liberation, authenticity, and ethnic identity. I am particularly interested in the way these notions emerge in the early 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.

(14) “An Existentialist Response to the Problem of Evil a la Jorge Portilla”
forthcoming, Religious Studies

(13) “Leibniz on the Principle of the Best, Optimism, and Divine Freedom”
forthcoming, Ergo

(12) “The Ethics of Ethnic Identity: Jorge Portilla versus Christine Korsgaard”
forthcoming, Res Philosophica

(11) “Carlos Vaz Ferreira on Intellectual Flourishing as Intellectual Liberation”
British Journal for the History of Philosophy, 32.6: 1374-1395, March 2024.

(10) “Leibniz on Innocent Individual Concepts and Metaphysical Contingency.”
History of Philosophy Quarterly, 41.1: 73-94, January 2024.

(9) “Emilio Uranga and Jorge Portilla on Accidentality as a Decolonial Tool.”
Res Philosophica, 101.1: 55-80, January 2024.

(8) “Jorge Portilla on Philosophy and Agential Liberation.”
The Southern Journal of Philosophy, 62:246-262, 2024; published online on
November 2023.

(7) “Decolonizing the Mind and Authentic Self-Creation a la Jorge Portilla.”
2022 APA Essay Prize in Latin American Thought (honorable mention).
APA Studies on Hispanic/Latino Issues in Philosophy, 22.2: 5-10, Spring 2023.

(6) “Leibniz on Free and Responsible Wrongdoing.” British Journal for the History of
Philosophy, 31.1: 23-43, 2022.

(5) “Carlos Vaz Ferreira on Freedom and Determinism.”
Res Philosophica, 99.4: 377-402, October 2022.

(4) “Leibniz on Agential Contingency and Inclining but not Necessitating Reasons.”
Canadian Journal of Philosophy, 52.2: 149-164, February 2022.

(3) “Leibniz on Agential Contingency and Explanation of Rational Action.”
Studia Leibnitiana, 51.1: 76-98, 2019.

(2) “Leibniz, a Friend of Molinism.” Res Philosophica, special issue
New Frontiers in Philosophy of Religion, 95.3: 397-420, July 2018.

(1) “Libertarianism, Moral Character, and Alternative Possibilities in Thomas Reid.”
History of Philosophy Quarterly, 35.1: 59-75, January 2018.

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Last updated
03/28/2025