Dr. Esa Diaz-Leon Curriculum Vitae Address: Department of Philosophy, University of Barcelona, C/ Montalegre, 6-8, 4 th floor, room 4026, Barcelona, 08001 Spain. E-mail: ediazleon@ub.edu Phone: +34 934037904 Website: http://sites.google.com/site/esadiazleon/ AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION: Philosophy of Mind and Language; Philosophy of Gender, Race and Sexuality. AREAS OF COMPETENCE: Metaphysics; Epistemology. EDUCATION: PhD in Philosophy, University of Sheffield, UK, 2007. Postgraduate Diploma in Philosophy, with Distinction, University of Sheffield, UK, 2002. Diploma de Estudios Avanzados (MA in Logic and Philosophy of Science), University of Murcia, Spain, 2003. Licenciada en Filosofia (BA in Philosophy), University of Murcia, Spain, 2000. POSITIONS HELD: Ramon y Cajal Researcher, University of Barcelona, Department of Philosophy: July 2014 present. Associate Professor, University of Manitoba, Department of Philosophy: April 2014 June 2014. Assistant Professor, University of Manitoba, Department of Philosophy: July 2008 March 2014. PUBLICATIONS: Peer-reviewed journal articles: 1. Sexual Orientation as Interpretation? Sexual Desires, Concepts, and Choice, forthcoming in the Journal of Social Ontology. 2. Phenomenal Concepts: Neither Circular Nor Opaque, Philosophical Psychology 29(8), pp. 1186-99, 2016. 3. Woman as a politically significant term: A solution to the puzzle, Hypatia 31(2), pp. 245-58, 2016. 4. Norms of Judgement, Naturalism, and Normativism about Content, Philosophical Explorations 19(1), pp. 48-58, 2016. 5. What is Social Construction?, European Journal of Philosophy 23(4), pp. 1137-52, 2015. 6. In Defence of Historical Constructivism about Races, Ergo 2(21), pp. 547-62, 2015. 7. Do A Posteriori Physicalists Get our Phenomenal Concepts Wrong?, Ratio 27(1), pp. 1-16, 2014.
8. Actors are not like Zombies, Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 112(1), pp. 115-22, 2012. 9. Reductive Explanation, Concepts, and A Priori Entailment, Philosophical Studies 155, pp. 99-116, 2011. 10. Can Phenomenal Concepts Explain the Epistemic Gap?, Mind 119(476), pp. 533-51, 2010. 11. Defending the Phenomenal Concept Strategy, Australasian Journal of Philosophy 86(4), pp. 597-610, 2008. 12. We are living in a material world (and I am a material girl), Teorema 27(3), pp. 85-101, 2008. Book chapters: 1. Epistemic Contextualism and Conceptual Ethics, in J. Ichikawa (ed.) Routledge Handbook of Epistemic Contextualism, Taylor & Francis, March 2017, pp. 71-80. 2. Feminist Metaphysics and Philosophy of Language, in C. Hay (ed.) Feminist Philosophy: Macmillan Interdisciplinary Handbooks, forthcoming in Macmillan Reference USA. 3. Kinds of Social Construction, in P. Garavaso (ed.) Bloomsbury Companion to Analytic Feminism, forthcoming. 4. Descriptive vs. Ameliorative Projects: The Role of Normative Considerations, in H. Cappelen & D. Plunkett (eds.) Conceptual Ethics and Conceptual Engineering, forthcoming in Oxford University Press. 5. On the Conceptual Mismatch Argument: Descriptions, Disagreement, and Amelioration, in T. Marques and A. Wikforrs (eds.) Shifting Concepts: The Philosophy and Psychology of Conceptual Variability, forthcoming in Oxford University Press. 6. Sexual Orientations: The Desire View, in K. Maitra & J. McWeeny (eds.) Feminist Philosophy of Mind, forthcoming in Oxford University Press. Reviews, commentaries and survey papers: 1. Feminist Philosophy of Language (revised edition), with Jennifer Saul, Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy, forthcoming. 2. Implementing the Canberra Plan: Review of Braddon-Mitchell and Nola s Conceptual Analysis and Naturalism, Metascience 21(3), pp. 719-21, 2012. 3. Social Kinds, Conceptual Analysis, and the Operative Concept: A Reply to Haslanger, Humana.Mente Journal of Philosophical Studies 22, pp. 57-74, 2012. 4. Are Ghosts Scarier than Zombies?, Consciousness and Cognition 21(2), pp. 747-8, 2012. 5. Consciousness, Phenomenal Concepts, and Acquaintance: A Critical Notice of Michael Tye s Consciousness Revisited, Teorema 30(1), pp. 157-67, 2011. 6. How Many Explanatory Gaps Are There?, APA Newsletter on Philosophy and Computers 8(2), pp. 33-35, 2009. CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP TALKS (last 5 years): Refereed Presentations: 1. Transformative Experiences, Phenomenal Concepts, and Phenomenal Beliefs, 9 th European Congress of Analytic Philosophy, LMU Munich, 21-26 August 2017. 2. Amatonormativity and Hermeneutical Injustice, Society for Analytical Feminism, Pacific APA, Seattle, 4-7 April 2017. 3. Kinds of Social Construction, V Conference of the European Network for the Philosophy of the Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, 24-26 August 2016. 2
4. Lacking a Language: Amatonormativity and Hermeneutical Injustice, Foreigners and Philosophy Workshop, UC-Berkeley, 29 March 2016. 5. Grounding and the Explanatory Gap, Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association, University of Warwick, 10-12 July 2015. 6. Pejorative Terms and the Semantic Strategy, VIII Spanish Society for Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, University of Barcelona, 7-10 July 2015. 7. Phenomenal Concepts: Neither Circular Nor Opaque, Toward a Science of Consciousness Conference, University of Helsinki, 9-13 June 2015. 8. Is Sexual Orientation a Choice? A Reply to Wilkerson, Society for Gay and Lesbian Philosophy, Pacific APA, Vancouver, 1-5 April 2015. 9. Kinds of Social Construction, 8 th European Congress of Analytic Philosophy, University of Bucharest, 28 August-2 September 2014. 10. Norms of Judgement, Naturalism, and Normativism about Content, Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association, University of Cambridge, 11-13 July 2014. 11. Woman as a politically useful term: A solution to the puzzle, SWIP-UK, Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association, University of Cambridge, 11-13 July 2014. 12. The Social Construction of Sexual Orientations, New York Society for Women in Philosophy, CUNY Graduate Center, 5 December 2013. 13. What Social Constructionism about Sexual Orientations Really Means, Pacific Society for Women in Philosophy, Arizona State University, 9-10 November 2013. 14. Tye on Acquaintance and Phenomenal Knowledge, Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association, University of Exeter, 12-14 July 2013. 15. Tye on Acquaintance and Phenomenal Knowledge, European Society for Philosophy and Psychology, University of Granada, 9-12 July 2013. 16. Woman as a politically significant term: A solution to the puzzle, Society for Analytical Feminism, Central APA, New Orleans, 20-23 February 2013. 17. The Social Construction of Sexual Orientations, Canadian Society for Women in Philosophy, Mount Royal University, 26-28 October 2012. 18. Sharing Beliefs: A Defence of the Descriptivist Theory of Reference, VII Spanish Society of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, University of Santiago de Compostela, 18-20 July 2012. 19. Do A Posteriori Physicalists Get our Phenomenal Concepts Wrong?, Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and the Mind Association, University of Stirling, 6-8 July 2012. 20. Tye on Acquaintance and the Knowledge Argument, Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness, Brighton, 2-6 July 2012. 21. In Defence of Historical Constructivism about Races, I Gender, Race and Sexuality Conference, University of Barcelona, 25-26 June 2012. 22. Social Kinds and Conceptual Analysis: In Defence of the Semantic Strategy, French Society for Analytic Philosophy, ENS Paris, 4-6 May 2012. Invited Talks (last 5 years): 1. TBA, Workshop on Metaphysical Deflationism, University of Vienna, 15-16 December 2017. 2. TBA, Feminist Philosophy and Methodological Commitments, Berlin, 13-14 July 2017. 3. TBA, Cracow Workshop in Analytical Philosophy, Krakow, 7-9 July 2017. 4. On the Conceptual Mismatch Argument, Philosophy of Language panel, Canadian Philosophical Association, Ryerson University (Toronto), 28-31 May 2017. 3
5. Social Construction, Grounding, and Amelioration, Social Metaphysics and Social Ontology panel, Canadian Philosophical Association, Ryerson University (Toronto), 28-31 May 2017. 6. TBA, Bad Ideas Conference, University of Leeds, 22-23 May 2017. 7. Carol and Philosophy: Hermeneutical Injustice, Identity, and Objectification, Bay Area Feminism and Philosophy Group, University of San Francisco, 8 April 2017. 8. Kinds of Social Constructions, Philosophy Colloquium, University of the Basque Country, 9 February 2017. 9. Sexual Orientation as Interpretation?, APA Committee on LGBT Philosophers, Eastern APA, Baltimore, 4-7 January 2017. 10. Descriptive vs. Ameliorative Projects: The Role of Normative Considerations, Symposium on Metaphysics and Conceptual Choice, Eastern APA, Baltimore, 4-7 January 2017. 11. Sexual Preferences, Sexual Desires, and Interpretation, Embodied Religion: Social Structures and Religious Experience, University of Colorado Boulder, 8-10 August 2016. 12. In defence of conceptual ethics, Workshop on Conceptual Engineering and Conceptual Ethics, University of Oslo, 16-17 June 2016. 13. On Haslanger s Meta-metaphysics, 11 th Nomos Network on Applied Philosophy, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona), 6-8 June 2016. 14. Sexual Orientations: The Desire View, Non-Ideal Social Ontology Conference, University of Stockholm, 19-20 May 2016. 15. Grounding and the Explanatory Gap, Explanation within and without Metaphysics Workshop, University of Milan, 12 May 2016. 16. The meta-metaphysics of gender and race: verbal disputes and metaphysical deflationism, University of Vienna, 6 May 2016. 17. Sexual Orientations: The Desire View, Bay Area Feminism and Philosophy Group, San Francisco State University, 9 April 2016. 18. Kinds of Social Construction, Berkeley Social Ontology Group, UC Berkeley, 6 April 2016. 19. Kinds of Social Constructions, XXI Congress of the SFPV, University Jaume I (Castellón), 10-12 March 2016. 20. Epistemic contextualism and conceptual ethics, Philosophy Colloquium, University of Valencia, 9 March 2016. 21. Some reflections on same-sex marriage, amatonormativity, and discrimination of singles, APA Committee on LGBT Philosophers, Eastern APA, Washington DC, 6-9 January 2016. 22. In Defence of Conceptual Ethics: Amelioration and Metaphysical Deflationism, V PERSP Metaphysics Workshop, University of Barcelona, 10-11 December 2015. 23. In Defence of Conceptual Ethics: Amelioration and the Metaphysics of Gender and Race, Philosophy Colloquium, University of York, 25 November 2015. 24. Pejorative Terms and the Semantic Strategy, Latin Meeting in Analytic Philosophy, University of Milan, 4-6 June 2015. 25. In Defence of Conceptual Ethics: Amelioration and Metaphysical Deflationism, Issues in Applied Analytic Philosophy, University of Essen, 28-29 May 2015. 26. In Defence of Conceptual Ethics: Amelioration and Metaphysical Deflationism, Workshop on Natural and Social Kinds, Leuven University, 26 May 2015. 27. In Defence of Conceptual Ethics: Amelioration and Metaphysical Deflationism, Philosophy Colloquium, University of Sheffield, 1 May 2015. 28. How (Not) To Be a Biological Realist about Race, Philosophy and Race Workshop, University of Nottingham, 29 April 2015. 4
29. Phenomenal Concepts: The Recognitional Account Revisited, Philosophy Colloquium, University of Rochester, 13 February 2015. 30. Pejorative Terms and the Semantic Strategy, Philosophy Colloquium, UNED, Madrid, 27 October 2014. 31. Issues in Conceptual Ethics: The Case of Woman, 10 th Annual Estonian Philosophy Conference, University of Tartu, 25-27 September 2014. 32. The Metaphysics of Slurs, II Gender, Race and Sexuality Conference, University of Barcelona, 29-30 May 2014. 33. Issues in Conceptual Ethics: The Case of Woman, Minorities & Philosophy Group, University of Southern California, 14 April 2014. 34. The Semantics and Metaphysics of Sexual Orientations and Their Significance for LGBT Rights, Society for Analytical Feminism, Pacific APA, San Francisco, 27-30 March 2013. 35. Phenomenal Concepts: The Recognitional Account Revisited, Conference on Phenomenal Concepts, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 24-27 January 2013. RESEARCH GRANTS: Diaphora European Training Network (European Commission), 2016 19. PI: Sven Rosenkranz. (Role: Local Team Member) Ramon y Cajal Research Grant (Spanish Government), 2014 18. PI: E. Diaz-Leon. (40,000 ) MINECO Research Grant (Spanish Government), for the research project Derivative Metaphysics, 2016 18. PI: Dan López de Sa. (27,000 ) (Role: Research team member) MINECO Research Grant (Spanish Government), for the research project Fallibility, rational belief and knowledge, 2014 17. PI: Sven Rosenkranz. (55,000 ) (Role: Research Team Member) Catalan Government Consolidated Research Group Grant, for LOGOS-Research Group in Analytic Philosophy, 2014 16. (Role: Senior member) Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Standard Research Grant, for the research project The Social Construction of Gender and Race, 2011 14. PI: E. Diaz-Leon ($23,016) University of Manitoba/SSHRC Conference Travel Grant, 2013. ($1,500) University of Manitoba Leave Research Grant, for the research project Conceptual Analysis, Consciousness, and Social Kinds, 2012. ($6,185) University of Manitoba Travel and Conference Sponsorship Program, to co-organize the 39 th meeting of the Society for Exact Philosophy, University of Manitoba, 2011. ($1,357) Faculty of Arts Endowment Fund, to co-organize the 39 th meeting of the Society for Exact Philosophy, University of Manitoba, 2011. ($3,086) University of Manitoba Internal Research Grant, for the research project A Philosophical Account of Social Construction, 2009 10. PI: E. Diaz-Leon ($4,403) TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Honours/Graduate Seminars: Research Methods in Analytic Philosophy, University of Barcelona, Fall 2015, Fall 2016. Topics in Epistemology, University of Barcelona, Spring 2015. Metaphysics of Gender and Race, University of Manitoba, Fall 2011. 5
Philosophy of Mind, University of Manitoba, Fall 2008, Winter 2010, Fall 2010, Fall 2012. Consciousness and Conceptual Analysis, University of Sheffield, Fall 2004. Undergraduate Courses: Philosophy of Language, University of Manitoba, Winter 2014. Mind and Body, University of Manitoba, Winter 2009, Fall 2009, Fall 2011, Winter 2013. Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge-Part A, University of Manitoba, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2012, Fall 2013. Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge-Part B, University of Manitoba, Winter 2011, Winter 2013, Winter 2014. Critical Thinking, University of Manitoba, Fall 2008, Winter 2010, Winter 2011. History of Philosophy (online course), University of Sheffield, Fall 2007. Reference and Truth, University of Sheffield, Spring 2006 (co-taught with Rosanna Keefe). GRADUATE STUDENTS SUPERVISED: Lisa Vogt: PhD in Philosophy, University of Barcelona, 2016-present. Thesis topic: Meta-metaphysics. (Secondary supervisor) Jasper Heaton: PhD in Philosophy, University of British Columbia, 2016-present. Thesis topic: Gender and social construction. (PhD Committee member) José Gusmao Rodrigues: MA in Analytic Philosophy, University of Barcelona, 2015-2016. Thesis topic: Supervenience and non-naturalism about value. (Advisor) Larisa Segida: PhD in Education, University of Manitoba, 2011-2013. Thesis topic: Second language learning and the role of culture. (PhD Committee member) Damian Melamedoff: MA in Philosophy, University of Manitoba, 2012-2014. Thesis topic: Relativism and Contextualism. (MA Committee member) Si Chen: MA in Philosophy, University of Manitoba, 2010-2012. Research paper topic: Phenomenal concepts. (Advisor) ACADEMIC SERVICE: Conference Organizer: 3 rd Barcelona Conference on Gender, Race and Sexuality, University of Barcelona, 22-23 June 2016. Contributed Symposium on Phenomenal Concepts and the Phenomenal Concept Strategy: New Challenges, Toward a Science of Consciousness Conference, Helsinki, 9-13 June 2015. 39 th Meeting of the Society for Exact Philosophy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, 26-28 May 2011 (with Chris Tillman). Department of Philosophy, University of Barcelona: Diaphora Gender Action and Ethics Committee Member, 2016-19. LOGOS Colloquium & Seminar Committee Member, 2015-17. American Philosophical Association: APA Committee on International Cooperation (Member), 2017-20. 6