Historian and Philosopher of Science, Escritor
Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda
Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda
Hi there! I am a Mexican historian and philosopher of science, with a special focus on the life sciences.
Currently, I work as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science, Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven, and I am a member of The Ramsey Philosophy of Biology Lab. I earned a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Ruhr University Bochum (RUB) as part of the DFG-Emmy Noether Research Group “The Return of the Organism in the Biosciences: Theoretical, Historical and Social Dimensions” (ROTO) and was a Writing-Up Fellow at the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research. I hold an M.A. in Philosophy of Science (with a complementary specialization in History of Science) and a B.Sc. in Biology from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). At present, I serve as book reviews editor for the Journal for General Philosophy of Science. I am also a fiction writer and editor (in Spanish).
Thank you for your interest in my work!
Areas of Specialization: General Philosophy of Science; Philosophy of Biology; History of Biology
Areas of Competence: Epistemology; Metaphysics; Environmental Ethics; Philosophy of Cognitive Sciences; Historiography & History of Science
Education, Positions, and Academic Service
December 2023–to date: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science, Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven (Belgium)
February 2020–November 2023: Ph.D. in Philosophy (summa cum laude)
Department of Philosophy I, Ruhr University Bochum (Germany). Dissertation: “The Organism-Environment Pairing: A Historical and Philosophical Re-Appraisal.” Advisor: Jan Baedke
October 2022– April 2023: Writing-Up Fellow
Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research (Austria)
April– June 2022: Visiting Ph.D. Student
Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
March– April 2019: Visiting M.A. Student
Department of Philosophy I, Ruhr University Bochum (Germany)
August 2017–November 2019: M.A. in Philosophy of Science (complementary specialization in History of Science) with honors
School of Philosophy and Literature, National Autonomous University of Mexico (Mexico). Dissertation: “The Extended Evolutionary Synthesis Debate: Historical, Philosophical and Sociological Dimensions” (in Spanish). Advisor: Francisco Vergara-Silva.
August 2011–June 2016: B.Sc. in Biology (Highest Honors: Gabino Barreda Medal in University Merit)
School of Sciences, National Autonomous University of Mexico (Mexico). Experimental work in mouse developmental genetics.
Reviewer for
Academic Journals
Philosophy of Science (2024–to date); Studies in History and Philosophy of Science (2024–to date); History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences (2024–to date); Theory in Biosciences (2024–to date); Biosemiotics (2024–to date); Revista Argentina de Antropología Biológica (2024–to date); Philosophy, Theory, and Practice in Biology (2023–to date); Ecology and Evolution (2023–to date); Evolutionary Biology (2023–to date); Synthese (2022–to date); HOPOS: The Journal of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science (2022–to date); Adaptive Behavior (2022–to date); Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (2022–to date); Crítica: Revista Hispanoamericana de Filosofía (2021–to date); BioScience (2020–to date).
Books and Book Series
Springer Nature, book proposals in Ecology & Evolution (2023–to date); Routledge’s The Nineteenth Century Series (2023–to date); Springer Nature ‘Interdisciplinary Evolution Research’ book series (2022–to date); Prensa de la Facultad de Ciencias ([Publishing House of the School of Sciences of the National Autonomous University of Mexico], 2022–to date).
Upcoming Presentations
April 2025
2025 American Philosophical Association Pacific Division Meeting, The Westin St. Francis, San Francisco (United States of America)
Fábregas-Tejeda A, Ramsey G. “Driftability and Niche Construction.”
October 2024
“Philosophy of Science: Past, Present and Future” International Conference, University of Minnesota (United States of America)
Fábregas-Tejeda A. “Towards a Metaphilosophy of Science.”