About Me
I am a postdoctoral researcher in the AUSAD project at the University of Valencia. Before joining the VLC Lab, I worked on two research projects in the Philosophy Department of Bielefeld University that focused on teleosemantics and the metaphysics of biological dispositions.
My research lies at the intersection of the philosophy of mind, philosophy of psychiatry, philosophy of biology, and metaphysics.
In my work, I examine the nature and metaphysical basis of proper functions and modal properties.
I also explore how these can be incorporated into the sciences and philosophical explanations of phenomena such as representation, physical health, mental health and knowledge.
Upcoming
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2026-06-11
Functions and Dysfunctions in Medicine and Psychiatry
11 June, 2026 – 12 June, 2026 This two-day workshop brings together philosophers who work on naturalistic accounts of function and dysfunction, especially biological and etiological approaches, to explore how these accounts affect the nature of health and disorder in psychiatry and somatic medicine. A central aim is to clarify how function-talk can illuminate contested…
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2026-08-24
Grounding Representational Content in Artificial Neural Networks
A symposium at the ECAP12 from 24 to 28 August 2026 in Madrid Recent work in the philosophy of mind and artificial intelligence (AI) asks whether the internal states of artificial neural networks, especially large language models (LLMs), can have representational content and, if so, what facts make this possible. This symposium brings together four…
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2026-08-24
Proper Functions as an Etiological Kind: Core and Modules
With Marc Artiga at the ECAP12 from 24 to 28 August 2026 in Madrid Proper functions are used to explain why some hearts malfunction, why some neural states misrepresent, and why certain psychological and physiological conditions are considered disorders. We treat the question „What is it for something to have a specific proper function?“ as…