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Mental and Moral News. The Philosophy Alumni Newsletter, 2008
A review of Robert Pippin's Donnellan Lectures in Trinity College Dublin, April 2008
Murmullos Filosóficos, Feb 15, 2021
En este texto presento los aspectos esenciales del debate contemporáneo en torno al derecho de lo... more En este texto presento los aspectos esenciales del debate contemporáneo en torno al derecho de los Estados-nación a controlar su flujo migratorio, y en particular en torno al derecho de los gobiernos a cerrar discrecionalmente sus fronteras a migrantes pacíficos. Concentrándome en las propuestas del filósofo David Miller en su más reciente libro (Strangers in our Midst, 2016), presento su argumentación a favor de tal derecho como dependiendo de la distinción que él traza entre ‘cosmopolitismo fuerte’ y ‘cosmopolitismo débil’. Defiendo la idea de que, si lográsemos caracterizar incluso el cosmopolitismo débil à la Miller como requiriendo que cualquier política migratoria deba estar justificada ante los y las migrantes—un requerimiento a propósito del cual, sugiero, la propuesta de Miller es ambigua—, de ello se desprendería que tal política debe ser compatible con el respeto a la dignidad humana de los y las migrantes. Si bien este requerimiento no resuelve el debate contemporáneo a favor de la propuesta de fronteras abiertas, sí nos ayuda a comprender que los Estados-nación deben contar con una justificación tal antes de concebirse a sí mismos como reclamando legítimamente el monopolio del uso de la violencia.
REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, 2022
Resumen. En este artículo clarifico la naturaleza de los compromisos morales más fundamentales de... more Resumen. En este artículo clarifico la naturaleza de los compromisos morales más fundamentales de las discusiones contemporáneas en ética de la migración, algunos de los cuales son explícitamente adoptados tanto por los defensores como por los críticos de la propuesta de fronteras abiertas. Argumento que dichos principios fundamentales no son, a su vez, susceptibles de fundamentación racional, pero que esta situación está lejos de implicar la plausibilidad del relativismo moral. El reconocimiento de la peculiar naturaleza de los valores y principios éticos fundamentales (que aquí llamo ‘fundamentales-sin-fundamentos’) no implica la plausibilidad del relativismo moral, sino, por el contrario, implica reconocer que tanto el escepticismo moral como el relativismo moral son posiciones absurdas. Este resultado tiene consecuencias para la ética de la migración, pues bloquea intentos de justificar posturas anti-inmigrantes que apelan al relativismo moral.
Kant Yearbook, 2018
In this paper, I present an interpretation of Kant’s view that reason’s hypostasis of the idea of... more In this paper, I present an interpretation of Kant’s view that reason’s hypostasis of the idea of a sum-total of reality is dogmatic and illegitimate. In the section on the ‘Transcendental Ideal’, the second section of the Ideal of Pure Reason chapter in the Critique of Pure Reason, Kant starts by describing reason’s procedure from the affirmation of the principle of thoroughgoing determination to the hypostasis in question. According to the interpretation I defend, the argument for hypostasis deployed in this section constitutes an improvement upon an argument defended by the pre-critical Kant himself in his 1673 essay “The Only Possible Argument in Support of a Demonstration of the Existence of God”. By making reference to the concept of omnitudo realitatis, the argument in the ‘Transcendental Ideal’ section presents a much more radical and convincing interpretation of the thesis that ‘possibility presupposes actuality’. Second, I present transcendental idealism and its related di...
La pandemia, la tragedia, y el viaje al interior del animal cosmopolítico, 2022
Abstract (Spanish abstract below): In this essay I argue that the current pandemic is reminiscent... more Abstract (Spanish abstract below): In this essay I argue that the current pandemic is reminiscent of an ancient tragedy not only because in both cases the individuals involved seem doomed to confront death, suffering, and helplessness before uncontrollable forces, but also because the current situation could unchain a thought process that ends in a revelation (anagnorisis, as Aristotle would say) that provides us with the necessary lucidity to fully appreciate the gravity of the current pandemic, but which at the same time would enable us to start an authentic inquiry into the desirable post-pandemic scenarios.
Resumen: En el presente ensayo argumento que la actual pandemia es reminiscente de una antigua tragedia no sólo por el hecho de que en ambos casos los individuos involucrados parecemos condenados a enfrentarnos a la muerte, el sufrimiento y el desamparo ante fuerzas incontrolables, sino también porque la actual situación podría desencadenar un proceso reflexivo que culmine en un descubrimiento (anagnórisis, en lenguaje aristotélico) que nos dé la lucidez necesaria para apreciar la gravedad de la actual pandemia en su justa dimensión, pero que a la vez nos permitiría iniciar una indagación auténtica sobre los escenarios post-pandémicos deseables.
PhD Dissertation. Trinity College Dublin, 2012
Liability statement By using a Digitised Thesis, I accept that Trinity College Dublin bears no le... more Liability statement By using a Digitised Thesis, I accept that Trinity College Dublin bears no legal responsibility for the accuracy, legality or comprehensiveness of materials contained within the thesis, and that Trinity College Dublin accepts no liability for indirect, consequential, or incidental, damages or losses arising from use of the thesis for whatever reason. Information located in a thesis may be subject to specific use constraints, details of which may not be explicitly described. It is the responsibility of potential and actual users to be aware of such constraints and to abide by them. By making use of material from a digitised thesis, you accept these copyright and disclaimer provisions. Where it is brought to the attention of Trinity College Library that there may be a breach of copyright or other restraint, it is the r /.j- .
APA Newsletter Hispanic/Latino Issues in Philosophy , 2019
In this paper I argue that epistemic humility, understood as the thesis that the multiplicity of ... more In this paper I argue that epistemic humility, understood as the thesis that the multiplicity of things we can name and describe is far smaller than the multiplicity of things we can’t name or describe, is in a much better position to understand divergence in world-views than untethered relativism (understood as the thesis that there are no facts, but only interpretations). First, because epistemic humility is not a self-stultifying position, as untethered relativism is. Second, because epistemic humility can say why, in principle, all perspectives of subjects with similar cognitive capacities are equally valid, namely because the universe exceeds their cognitive capacities to the same extent. I take Friedrich Nietzsche as a paradigmatic representative of untethered relativism, while I take Thomas Nagel as a paradigmatic representative of epistemic humility.
Public Philosophy Journal , 2019
We argue that philosophers are competent to facilitate public discussion concerning restrictions ... more We argue that philosophers are competent to facilitate public discussion concerning restrictions on human migration across political borders. We also argue that presenting public audiences with a prima facie case for open borders offers a unique opportunity to elucidate important aspects of philosophical reasoning. Finally, we share resources and a lesson plan for those keen to examine the case for open borders with students, or to facilitate public discussion on these issues.
International Philosophical Quarterly, 2016
This paper explores the connection between Kant’s first antinomy and the set-theoretical paradox ... more This paper explores the connection between Kant’s first antinomy and the set-theoretical paradox of the largest cardinal. The connection, I propose, is that the lesson to be drawn from both antinomies is that we should refrain from reifying (i.e. treating as an individual object or thing) the collections that generate the antinomies: the collection of all spatiotemporal objects –the world- in the case of Kant’s first antinomy, the collection of all objects whatsoever –the universe- in the case of the Cantorian paradox. This conclusion is not only the one we are entitled to draw at the corresponding decisive points in the discussions of each antinomy. It is also a conclusion that does not generate new philosophical problems of its own, and in this respect it more attractive than other contemporary reactions to the paradoxes of set theory.
Conference Presentations by Damián Bravo Zamora
Announcement of Congresses and Workshops by Damián Bravo Zamora
Mental and Moral News. The Philosophy Alumni Newsletter, 2008
A review of Robert Pippin's Donnellan Lectures in Trinity College Dublin, April 2008
Murmullos Filosóficos, Feb 15, 2021
En este texto presento los aspectos esenciales del debate contemporáneo en torno al derecho de lo... more En este texto presento los aspectos esenciales del debate contemporáneo en torno al derecho de los Estados-nación a controlar su flujo migratorio, y en particular en torno al derecho de los gobiernos a cerrar discrecionalmente sus fronteras a migrantes pacíficos. Concentrándome en las propuestas del filósofo David Miller en su más reciente libro (Strangers in our Midst, 2016), presento su argumentación a favor de tal derecho como dependiendo de la distinción que él traza entre ‘cosmopolitismo fuerte’ y ‘cosmopolitismo débil’. Defiendo la idea de que, si lográsemos caracterizar incluso el cosmopolitismo débil à la Miller como requiriendo que cualquier política migratoria deba estar justificada ante los y las migrantes—un requerimiento a propósito del cual, sugiero, la propuesta de Miller es ambigua—, de ello se desprendería que tal política debe ser compatible con el respeto a la dignidad humana de los y las migrantes. Si bien este requerimiento no resuelve el debate contemporáneo a favor de la propuesta de fronteras abiertas, sí nos ayuda a comprender que los Estados-nación deben contar con una justificación tal antes de concebirse a sí mismos como reclamando legítimamente el monopolio del uso de la violencia.
REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, 2022
Resumen. En este artículo clarifico la naturaleza de los compromisos morales más fundamentales de... more Resumen. En este artículo clarifico la naturaleza de los compromisos morales más fundamentales de las discusiones contemporáneas en ética de la migración, algunos de los cuales son explícitamente adoptados tanto por los defensores como por los críticos de la propuesta de fronteras abiertas. Argumento que dichos principios fundamentales no son, a su vez, susceptibles de fundamentación racional, pero que esta situación está lejos de implicar la plausibilidad del relativismo moral. El reconocimiento de la peculiar naturaleza de los valores y principios éticos fundamentales (que aquí llamo ‘fundamentales-sin-fundamentos’) no implica la plausibilidad del relativismo moral, sino, por el contrario, implica reconocer que tanto el escepticismo moral como el relativismo moral son posiciones absurdas. Este resultado tiene consecuencias para la ética de la migración, pues bloquea intentos de justificar posturas anti-inmigrantes que apelan al relativismo moral.
Kant Yearbook, 2018
In this paper, I present an interpretation of Kant’s view that reason’s hypostasis of the idea of... more In this paper, I present an interpretation of Kant’s view that reason’s hypostasis of the idea of a sum-total of reality is dogmatic and illegitimate. In the section on the ‘Transcendental Ideal’, the second section of the Ideal of Pure Reason chapter in the Critique of Pure Reason, Kant starts by describing reason’s procedure from the affirmation of the principle of thoroughgoing determination to the hypostasis in question. According to the interpretation I defend, the argument for hypostasis deployed in this section constitutes an improvement upon an argument defended by the pre-critical Kant himself in his 1673 essay “The Only Possible Argument in Support of a Demonstration of the Existence of God”. By making reference to the concept of omnitudo realitatis, the argument in the ‘Transcendental Ideal’ section presents a much more radical and convincing interpretation of the thesis that ‘possibility presupposes actuality’. Second, I present transcendental idealism and its related di...
La pandemia, la tragedia, y el viaje al interior del animal cosmopolítico, 2022
Abstract (Spanish abstract below): In this essay I argue that the current pandemic is reminiscent... more Abstract (Spanish abstract below): In this essay I argue that the current pandemic is reminiscent of an ancient tragedy not only because in both cases the individuals involved seem doomed to confront death, suffering, and helplessness before uncontrollable forces, but also because the current situation could unchain a thought process that ends in a revelation (anagnorisis, as Aristotle would say) that provides us with the necessary lucidity to fully appreciate the gravity of the current pandemic, but which at the same time would enable us to start an authentic inquiry into the desirable post-pandemic scenarios.
Resumen: En el presente ensayo argumento que la actual pandemia es reminiscente de una antigua tragedia no sólo por el hecho de que en ambos casos los individuos involucrados parecemos condenados a enfrentarnos a la muerte, el sufrimiento y el desamparo ante fuerzas incontrolables, sino también porque la actual situación podría desencadenar un proceso reflexivo que culmine en un descubrimiento (anagnórisis, en lenguaje aristotélico) que nos dé la lucidez necesaria para apreciar la gravedad de la actual pandemia en su justa dimensión, pero que a la vez nos permitiría iniciar una indagación auténtica sobre los escenarios post-pandémicos deseables.
PhD Dissertation. Trinity College Dublin, 2012
Liability statement By using a Digitised Thesis, I accept that Trinity College Dublin bears no le... more Liability statement By using a Digitised Thesis, I accept that Trinity College Dublin bears no legal responsibility for the accuracy, legality or comprehensiveness of materials contained within the thesis, and that Trinity College Dublin accepts no liability for indirect, consequential, or incidental, damages or losses arising from use of the thesis for whatever reason. Information located in a thesis may be subject to specific use constraints, details of which may not be explicitly described. It is the responsibility of potential and actual users to be aware of such constraints and to abide by them. By making use of material from a digitised thesis, you accept these copyright and disclaimer provisions. Where it is brought to the attention of Trinity College Library that there may be a breach of copyright or other restraint, it is the r /.j- .
APA Newsletter Hispanic/Latino Issues in Philosophy , 2019
In this paper I argue that epistemic humility, understood as the thesis that the multiplicity of ... more In this paper I argue that epistemic humility, understood as the thesis that the multiplicity of things we can name and describe is far smaller than the multiplicity of things we can’t name or describe, is in a much better position to understand divergence in world-views than untethered relativism (understood as the thesis that there are no facts, but only interpretations). First, because epistemic humility is not a self-stultifying position, as untethered relativism is. Second, because epistemic humility can say why, in principle, all perspectives of subjects with similar cognitive capacities are equally valid, namely because the universe exceeds their cognitive capacities to the same extent. I take Friedrich Nietzsche as a paradigmatic representative of untethered relativism, while I take Thomas Nagel as a paradigmatic representative of epistemic humility.
Public Philosophy Journal , 2019
We argue that philosophers are competent to facilitate public discussion concerning restrictions ... more We argue that philosophers are competent to facilitate public discussion concerning restrictions on human migration across political borders. We also argue that presenting public audiences with a prima facie case for open borders offers a unique opportunity to elucidate important aspects of philosophical reasoning. Finally, we share resources and a lesson plan for those keen to examine the case for open borders with students, or to facilitate public discussion on these issues.
International Philosophical Quarterly, 2016
This paper explores the connection between Kant’s first antinomy and the set-theoretical paradox ... more This paper explores the connection between Kant’s first antinomy and the set-theoretical paradox of the largest cardinal. The connection, I propose, is that the lesson to be drawn from both antinomies is that we should refrain from reifying (i.e. treating as an individual object or thing) the collections that generate the antinomies: the collection of all spatiotemporal objects –the world- in the case of Kant’s first antinomy, the collection of all objects whatsoever –the universe- in the case of the Cantorian paradox. This conclusion is not only the one we are entitled to draw at the corresponding decisive points in the discussions of each antinomy. It is also a conclusion that does not generate new philosophical problems of its own, and in this respect it more attractive than other contemporary reactions to the paradoxes of set theory.