Since last week, I am officially the PI of a project funded by the Spanish State Agency for Research that will run for three years. Its title is “The Varieties of Evaluation: Ineliminability of Perspective in Morality, Logic, and Science” and I am really excited to have been given this opportunity.

This was great. Lots of interesting talks and illuminating discussion, as well as a relaxed and constructive environment. And, of course, a chance to visit Sevilla again!

Hugo Viciana@hugoviciana.bsky.social · 11mo ago

We are putting together this event this Tuesday/Wednesday at the @unisevilla.bsky.social @ffilosofiaus.bsky.social . You can also follow along online (streaming available). philevents.org/event/show/1...

We are putting together this event this Tuesday/Wednesday at the @unisevilla.bsky.social @ffilosofiaus.bsky.social . You can also follow along online (streaming available). philevents.org/event/show/1...

And thanks to the SEFA board -and to its Herculean treasurer- for all the work and support without which such a large, lively and intellectually stimulating congress would not have been possible!

I spent most of last week at @sefa2025.bsky.social in Sevilla. An intense and enriching experience and an opportunity to meet lots of colleagues and learn what they’ve been up to. Thanks to the organizing, local, and scientific committees for the great job they did making it possible!

It’s been a long a complicated history, but @vdezcas.bsky.social’s and my paper “The semantics and virtues of nondescriptivist normativism about mental disorder” is finally out in Synthese!

The semantics and virtues of nondescriptivist normativism about mental disorder - Synthese

A central debate within the philosophy of psychiatry revolves around the nature of mental disorders. Positions in this debate have traditionally been divided into two distinct camps: naturalism and no...

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Pronto verá la luz este manual de filosofía del lenguaje al que @anefcor.bsky.social y yo hemos contribuido con un capítulo sobre expresivismo. Mucha gente guay en el índice y muchos temas sobre los que no había casi nada escrito en castellano. Muy bienvenido. www.tecnos.es/libro/filoso...

Got amazing feedback today at a Metaethics Workshop organized at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. Thanks to Christine Tiefensee, Sebastian Köhler and @derekcbaker.bsky.social for this wonderful opportunity!

In Oviedo for the XI Conference of the SLMFCE!

In Umeå for the New Approaches to Evaluative Discourse conference. Thanks to Katharina Felka and Nils Franzén for having me!

Taking advantage of the fact that my paper “Friends with the good” has just been assigned to an issue to publish my first post here: academic.oup.com/pq/article/d...

Friends with the Good: Moral Relativism and Moral Progress

Abstract. The aim of this paper is to defend moral relativism from the accusation that it would make it irrational to classify past changes in public opini

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