Philosopher and Historian of Science, Escritor
Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda
Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda
Hi there! I am a Mexican philosopher and historian 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 am the PI of the FWO-funded project “Environment Concepts in the Sciences.”
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 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: Philosophy of Biology; History of Biology; General Philosophy of Science
Areas of Competence: Epistemology; Metaphysics; Environmental Ethics; Philosophy of Cognitive Sciences; Historiography & History of Science
Education, Positions, and Academic Service
October 2026–September 2029: FWO-Funded Junior Postdoctoral Fellow. PI of the Project “Environment Concepts in the Sciences.”
Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science, Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven (Belgium).
December 2023–September 2026: 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 PhD 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
Philosophy and History Journals
Inquiry (2026–to date); Erkenntnis (2026–to date); European Journal for Philosophy of Science (2026–to date); Journal for General Philosophy of Science (2026–to date); International Studies in the Philosophy of Science (2026–to date); The Journal of Philosophy (2025–to date); Biology & Philosophy (2025–to date); 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); Philosophy, Theory, and Practice in 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); Crítica: Revista Hispanoamericana de Filosofía (2021–to date).
Science Journals
Biological Theory (2026–to date); Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution (2026–to date); Biological Reviews (2025–to date); Acta Biotheoretica (2024–to date); Theory in Biosciences (2024–to date); Biosemiotics (2024–to date); Revista Argentina de Antropología Biológica (2024–to date); Ecology and Evolution (2023–to date); Evolutionary Biology (2023–to date); Adaptive Behavior (2022–to date); Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (2022–to date); BioScience (2020–to date).
Book Publishers (Book Manuscripts and Book Chapters)
Oxford University Press (2026–to date); Palgrave MacMillan, Humanities (2024–to date); Springer Nature, 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
March 2027
Hilton Portland Downtown, Oregon (United States of America). 2027 American Philosophical Association (APA) Pacific Division Meeting.
Fábregas-Tejeda A, Dani G, Ramsey G. “Ethospaces and the Comparative Study of Behavior.”
November 2026
The Westin San Diego, San Diego (United States of America). Philosophy of Science Association 30th Biennial Meeting.
Ramsey G, Fábregas-Tejeda A. “The Matrix Account of Niche Construction.”