Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
University of Alcalá, Madrid, Spain
Ph.D. in “Humanity and Thought in History,” Department of History and Philosophy
New York University, New York, New York
M.A. in “Humanities and Social Thought”
University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California
B.A. in History and Psychology
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
Philosophy of History, History of Philosophy, Pragmatism, Iberian Philosophy, Continental Philosophy
RECENT TEACHING
California State University Sacramento
Adjunct Lecturer in Philosophy, Humanities & Religious Studies, and the General Education Honors Program
Courses taught in Philosophy: Ethics, Critical Thinking, History of Philosophy, Existentialism, History of Ethics, Bioethics, and Professional and Public Service Ethics. Courses taught in Humanities and Religious Studies: Medieval Culture, Arts and Ideas of the West: Ancient to Medieval, as well as Arts and Ideas of the West: Renaissance to Modern. Course taught in the General Education Honors Program: First Year Seminar Global Education, Self-Examination, and Living.
Cosumnes River College, Sacramento
Adjunct Assistant Professor in Humanities and Philosophy
Courses taught: Introduction to Humanities, American Humanities, Modern Humanities, and Introduction to Philosophy
PUBLICATIONS
Book: A Pragmatist Philosophy of History
(Now published with Bloomsbury)
Review of my book in the Journal of the Philosophy of History
Review of my book in The Pluralist by Piers H.G. Stephens:
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry on José Ortega y Gasset
Multiple short articles found in "Philosophy Pieces" here
Book Review on Pragmatic Perspectives: Constructivism Beyond Truth and Realism in Philosophy in Review
“La miseria y esplendor de las traducciones de José Ortega y Gasset en inglés: una historia de su desarrollo y recepción en Estados Unidos.” (“The Misery and Splendor of English Translations of José Ortega y Gasset: A History of Their Development and Reception in the United States.”) In Estados Unidos/España: Diálogos Filosóficos, edited by Esmeralda Balaguer García and Carlos X. Ardavín Trabanco, 343-361. Valencia: Nexofía, 2020.
- “What is philosophy, what is a philosopher, and what does it mean to do philosophy?” Dance of Reason (blog), January, 2020.
- “José Ortega y Gasset: Una perspectiva pragmatista de la historia.” (“José Ortega y Gasset: A Pragmatist Perspective on History.”) Revista de Estudios Orteguianos Number 40, May (2020): 77-85.
“Pragmatism for History and History for Pragmatism: An Indispensable Dialogue for the Humanities.” Contemporary Pragmatism Volume 17, Issue 2-3 (2020): 103-123.
“Jaspers and Ortega on the Historicity of Being Human.” Existenz 14/1 (2019): 28-34.
- “Ortega’s Pragmatist Perspectivism: On the Problem of Relativism.” Journal of the Philosophy of History Volume 13, Issue 3 (2019): 384-402.
“F.C.S. Schiller’s Pragmatist Philosophy of History.” Contemporary Pragmatism Volume 14, Number 4 (2017): 1-32.
“La Teoría Pragmatista de la Historia en José Ortega y Gasset.” (“José Ortega y Gasset’s Pragmatist Theory of History.”) In Meditaciones Orteguianas, edited by Esmeralda Balaguer García and Carlos X. Ardavín Trabanco, 225-253. Valencia: Nexofía, 2018.
“The Past is Never Really Gone and Done With: A Case for the Pragmatist Philosophy of History,” Dance of Reason (blog), October, 2018.
"Anti-Dualism in History and Nature." Journal of the Philosophy of History Volume 4 (2010):44-64.
"Un posible diálogo historicista entre William James y José Ortega y Gasset." ("A Possible Historicist Dialogue between William James and José Ortega y Gasset.") La Torre del Virrey número 14 (2013): 17-20.
"What is an Author?" Philosophy Now Volume 60 (March/April 2007): 22-25.
CONFERENCE ACTIVITY, ADDITIONAL TRAINING, SKILLS, AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
-Presenter, August 2025, “A Pragmatist History of Philosophy,” for the Fifth European Pragmatism Conference at the University St. Gallen, Switzerland.
-Presenter, August 2025, “A Pragmatist History of Philosophy,” for the European Philosophy of
Science Association at the University of Groningen, Netherlands
-Presenter, June 2025, “On a Pragmatist Philosophy of History,” for the Institute for Historical Research at the University of London.
- Presenter, APA Eastern Meeting, January 2021: "A Pragmatist Philosophy of History in William James"
- Program Chair, 2020-2021, Karl Jaspers Sociey of North America, www.karljaspers.us
- Chair, Fifth International Conference on Higher Education Advances, 2019
Chaired a session at the Fifth International Conference on Higher Education Advances in the Polytechnic University of Valencia in Valencia, Spain, June, 2019.
- Presenter, Athens Institute for Education and Research, 2019
Presented the paper “Pragmatism for History and History for Pragmatism: An Indispensable Dialogue for the Humanities” at the 14th Annual International Conference on Philosophy in Athens, Greece in May, 2019.
- Presenter, Fundación José Ortega y Gasset y Gregorio Marañon, 2019
Presented the paper “La teoría pragmatista de la historia en José Ortega y Gasset” at the II Encuentro Internacional de jóvenes investigadores sobre Ortega y Gasset in Madrid, Spain in June, 2019.
- Program Chair and Presenter, the Karl Jaspers Society of North America,2018-2019
Organized the two February 2019 sessions in Denver in conjunction with the APA meeting. First session: “Humankind as Historical Beings: Karl Jaspers and José Ortega y Gasset.” Second session: author-meets-critic on Dmitri Nikulin’s book The Concept of History. All sessions posted on Youtube. Presented the paper: “Two Philosophers Born in 1883: Jaspers and Ortega on the Historicity of Being Human.”
- Chair, Karl Jaspers Society of North America, 2018
Session One on “Truth, Communication, and Free Speech – Jaspers and the University,” of the Karl Jaspers Society of North America, in conjunction with the 2018 Pacific meeting of the APA, February.
Here is part of the Karl Jaspers Society of North America at the 2019 APA Meeting in Denver:
