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425The Role of Intuition in MetaphysicsTeorema: International Journal of Philosophy 34 (3): 79-99. 2015.In this paper I consider the possibility of a kind of a priori cognition that serves the purposes of metaphysics, given that metaphysics involves the search for modal knowledge. Necessary or, better, modal knowledge is a priori; so metaphysical knowledge is likewise a priori. Here I argue that intuition is the route to modal knowledge in metaphysics, and I insist that conceivability or knowledge of conceptual truths does not lead towards the modal realm of metaphysics.
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103The essential role of creativity has been highlighted in several human knowledge areas. Regarding the neural underpinnings of creativity, there is evidence about the role of left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) and left inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) on divergent thinking (DT) and convergent thinking (CT). Transcranial stimulation studies suggest that the left DLPFC is associated with both DT and CT, whereas left IFG is more related to DT. However, none of the previous studies have targeted…Read more
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49A New Insight into Sanger’s Development of Sequencing: From Proteins to DNA, 1943–1977Journal of the History of Biology 43 (2): 265-323. 2010.Fred Sanger, the inventor of the first protein, RNA and DNA sequencing methods, has traditionally been seen as a technical scientist, engaged in laboratory bench work and not interested at all in intellectual debates in biology. In his autobiography and commentaries by fellow researchers, he is portrayed as having a trajectory exclusively dependent on technological progress. The scarce historical scholarship on Sanger partially challenges these accounts by highlighting the importance of professi…Read more
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34Scientific Understanding (review)Theoria: Revista de Teoría, Historia y Fundamentos de la Ciencia 26 (2): 247-250. 2011.
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33Academic and molecular matrices: A study of the transformations of connective tissue research at the University of Manchester (1947–1996) (review)Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 42 (2): 233-245. 2011.This paper explores the different identities adopted by connective tissue research at the University of Manchester during the second half of the 20th century. By looking at the long-term redefinition of a research programme, it sheds new light on the interactions between different and conflicting levels in the study of biomedicine, such as the local and the global, or the medical and the biological. It also addresses the gap in the literature between the first biomedical complexes after World Wa…Read more
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29From the genetic to the computer program: the historicity of 'data' and 'computation' in the investigations on the nematode worm C. elegans (1963–1998) (review)Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 43 (1): 16-28. 2012.
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25An example of methodological process of grounded theoryCinta de Moebio 57 305-315. 2016.Grounded theory, a research method born out of the social sciences field, offers a flexible technique that allows simultaneous data collection and processing. Researchers using this method immerse themselves in an area of study, focusing their observations on the data and taking into consideration not only their own interpretations, but also those of the other subjects involved, in order to strengthen their understanding of the social phenomena under examination. This text briefly describes the …Read more
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23Assessment of Emotional Experience and Emotional Recognition in Complicated GriefFrontiers in Psychology 7. 2016.
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23A New Insight into Sanger’s Development of Sequencing: From Proteins to DNA, 1943–1977 (review)Journal of the History of Biology 43 (2). 2010.Fred Sanger, the inventor of the first protein, RNA and DNA sequencing methods, has traditionally been seen as a technical scientist, engaged in laboratory bench work and not interested at all in intellectual debates in biology. In his autobiography and commentaries by fellow researchers, he is portrayed as having a trajectory exclusively dependent on technological progress. The scarce historical scholarship on Sanger partially challenges these accounts by highlighting the importance of professi…Read more
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23Towards future archives and historiographies of ‘big biology’Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 55 41-44. 2016.
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23Animal breeding in the age of biotechnology: the investigative pathway behind the cloning of Dolly the sheepHistory and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 37 (3): 282-304. 2015.This paper addresses the 1996 cloning of Dolly the sheep, locating it within a long-standing tradition of animal breeding research in Edinburgh. Far from being an end in itself, the cell-nuclear transfer experiment from which Dolly was born should be seen as a step in an investigative pathway that sought the production of medically relevant transgenic animals. By historicising Dolly, I illustrate how the birth of this sheep captures a dramatic redefinition of the life sciences, when in the 1970s…Read more
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22The proactive historian: Methodological opportunities presented by the new archives documenting genomicsStudies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 55 (C): 70-82. 2016.
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19Academic and molecular matrices: A study of the transformations of connective tissue research at the University of ManchesterStudies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 42 (2): 233-245. 2011.
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19Are Wittgenstein’s Hinges Rational World-Pictures? The Groundlessness Theory ReconsideredTopoi 42 (1): 35-45. 2022.Some philosophers have argued that Wittgenstein’s hinges, the centrepiece of his book On Certainty, are the “ungrounded ground” on which knowledge rests. It is usually understood by this that hinges provide a foundation for knowledge without being themselves epistemically warranted. In fact, Wittgenstein articulates that hinges lack any truth-value and are neither justified nor unjustified. This inevitably places them wholly outside the categorial framework of JTB epistemology. What I call the “…Read more
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18¿Invertir la intencionalidad? Henry y la absorción de la intencionalidad en el serAnuario Filosófico 519-544. forthcoming.En este trabajo se propone una revisión de la fenomenología de la vida de Michel Henry y su relación con la intencionalidad, tal como esta es pensada en y por Husserl. Se pasa revista al modo en el que el fundador del método fenomenológico se ocupa de cuestiones centrales de la fenomenología de la vida, así como de la forma en la que Henry habla de la vida, la autodonación, la autorevelación, la verdad, el cuerpo originario o absoluto, etc. La tesis es que en el fenomenólogo francés no se trata,…Read more
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16Biological functions are causes, not effects: A critique of selected effects theoriesStudies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 103 (C): 20-28. 2024.
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15Machine learning for electric energy consumption forecasting: Application to the Paraguayan systemLogic Journal of the IGPL. forthcoming.In this paper we address the problem of short-term electric energy prediction using a time series forecasting approach applied to data generated by a Paraguayan electricity distribution provider. The dataset used in this work contains data collected over a three-year period. This is the first time that these data have been used; therefore, a preprocessing phase of the data was also performed. In particular, we propose a comparative study of various machine learning and statistical strategies wit…Read more
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14The left visual field attentional advantage: No evidence of different speeds of processing across visual hemifieldsConsciousness and Cognition 37 16-26. 2015.
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14Prudence, Rules, and Regulative EpistemologyPhilosophies 8 (5): 91. 2023.Following Ballantyne, we can distinguish between descriptive and regulative epistemology. Whereas descriptive epistemology analyzes epistemic categories such as knowledge, justified belief, or evidence, regulative epistemology attempts to guide our thinking. In this paper, we argue that regulative epistemologists should focus their attention on what we call epistemic prudence. Our argument proceeds as follows: First, we lay out an objection to virtue-based regulative epistemology that is analogo…Read more
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11Correction: Are Wittgenstein’s Hinges Rational World-Pictures? The Groundlessness Theory ReconsideredTopoi 42 (1): 345-345. 2022.Some philosophers have argued that Wittgenstein’s hinges, the centrepiece of his book On Certainty, are the “ungrounded ground” on which knowledge rests. It is usually understood by this that hinges provide a foundation for knowledge without being themselves epistemically warranted. In fact, Wittgenstein articulates that hinges lack any truth-value and are neither justified nor unjustified. This inevitably places them wholly outside the categorial framework of JTB epistemology. What I call the “…Read more
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11Between mice and sheep: Biotechnology, agricultural science and animal models in late-twentieth century EdinburghStudies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 75 (C): 24-33. 2019.
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11The Cybernetic Brain: Sketches of Another Future - by Andrew PickeringCentaurus 55 (1): 59-61. 2013.
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11From the genetic to the computer program: the historicity of ‘data’ and ‘computation’ in the investigations on the nematode worm C. elegansStudies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 43 (1): 16-28. 2012.
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9Just for the lulz: Usos persuasivos del shitposting en la sociedad digitalDilemata 38 225-233. 2022.This paper seeks to comprehend the narratives that allow a persuasive use of shitposting and that indirectly cause ethical and political problems through ideological radicalization. We differentiate shitposting from memes, pointing out its ideological character as opposed to the ludic character that memes can have. Subsequently, we show examples of shitposting that encourage violence by some individuals, among which the Christchurch massacre stands out. Likewise, the emotional nature of shitpost…Read more