Dan López de Sa

Dan López de Sa

Universitat de Barcelona

Humanities

I am ICREA Research Professor at the Departament de Filosofia of the Universitat de Barcelona.
I did my PhD in Barcelona (visiting ANU for a short while). I was Arché Postdoc in St Andrews (2004-06), Fullbright-GenCat Postdoc at NYU (2006-07), ICREA Researcher (2007-12) and then RyC (2012-13).
I have published papers in Analysis, Erkenntnis, Mind, Noûs, Philosophers' Imprint, Philosophical Studies, Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, and Synthèse, among others.

Research interests

I work in social philosophy on aspects of language that are useful in advancing values of diversity by women, LGBTQ+ people, and other marginalized social minorities in their struggle for social justice. This is academic research in analytic philosophy that aims to contribute to forms of social activism. 
More in particular, I have worked on the reclamation of pejorative language and, more generally, on the significance of language for social groups, with a special interest in issues on gender, sex, and sexualities. More recently, I have focused on neurodiversity and mental health.

Selected research activities

  • Associate Editor of Teorema for “Metaphysics”
  • Member of the the research group “Law & Philosophy” (AGAUR 2017 SGR 823), and the María de Maeztu Unit of Excellence BIAP–Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy (UB, UPF, UdG)
  • Member of the Societat Catalana de Filosofia, the Sociedad Española de Filosofia Analítica, the European Society of Analytic Philosophy, the American Philosophical Association, and the International Social Ontology Society.
  • Supervisor or co-supervisor of two PhD students at Universitat de Barcelona: Andjelika Eissing-Patenova (2021-present), Jósean Lozano Gendreau (2020-present).