Josefa Toribio Mateas

Josefa Toribio Mateas

Universitat de Barcelona

Humanities

I got my PhD in Philosophy from Complutense University, Madrid, in 1988. I worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science at Complutense between 1989 and 1991. I was then awarded a postgraduate fellowship by the British Council to work in the School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences at the University of Sussex (1991-93). I was Assistant Professor at Washington University in St. Louis (1993-2000), Lecturer in Philosophy in the School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences at the University of Sussex (2000-2002), Associate Professor at the University of Indiana, Bloomington (2002-2004), and Senior Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh (2004-2008). I joined ICREA in 2009. I am a member of the research group LOGOS (Research Group in Analytic Philosophy) at the UB and also a member of the Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy (BIAP). I have been president of the Spanish Society of Analytic Philosophy (SEFA) between 2010 and 2016.

Research interests

My goal in philosophy has long been the same: to explore the nature of the mind within a naturalistic framework. What is most distinctive of my research is my ongoing effort to respect scientific findings about mental phenomena while insisting on the critical importance of the method of analysis and the theoretical tools provided by analytic philosophy. My current research focuses on the analysis of central topics in the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of cognitive science, with a special emphasis on the philosophy of perception and rationally responsive unconscious mental states such as implicit attitudes.

Selected publications

- Toribio J 2024 'Seeing Wrongness', Journal of Moral Philosophy',1-22.

Selected research activities

Published online:
-Toribio J 2024, “Seeing wrongness”. Journal of Moral Philosophy, 1-22.
Grants:
-2022-2026: Philosophy of Social Cognition. MICINN - PID2021-124100NB-I00. PIs: Josefa Toribio & Esa Díaz León.
-2023-2026: María de Maeztu. Barcelona Institute of Analytic Philosophy. MICINN - CEX2021-001169-M. PI: Carl Hoefer.
-2023-2025: LOGOS (Research Group in Analytic Philosophy). Project: 2021- SGR-00276 AGAUR. Catalan Government. PI: Sven Rosenkranz. 
Personnel Grants:
-2022-2025: Ilia Patronnikov. PhD Grant. FPI-PRE2019-089063. MICINN.
-2022-2024: Daniel Gregory. María Zambrano Post-doc. Ministerio de Universidades.
-2024-2027: Lucía González Arias: “Social Cognition”. FPI-PRE2022-104536. MICINN. 
Conference Presentations:
-Toribio, J. “Perceiving Moral Properties”. 25th World Congress of Philosophy. Roma, Aug 1-8, 2024.
Conference Organization:
-Co-organizer (JJ Moreso, S Olsaretti & J L Martí) of the BIAP workshop “Evidence, Democracy & Implicit Attitudes”. Barcelona, Dec. 2-4, 2024.
Outreach:
-Toribio, J. “Seeing Wrongness”, Open Philosophy, a blog supported by the Barcelona Institute of Philosophy (BIAP): https://openphilosophy.blog/category/philosophy-of-mind/moral-perception/
Scientific Committees:
-31st European Society for Philosophy & Psychology Conference (ESPP 2024). Grenoble, Jul 2-5, 2024. 
-XXI TIF (Taller de Investigación en Filosofía). Graduate Student Conference. Universitat de València, Jul 4-5, 2024.
-Analytic Philosophy & E-Cognition Conference. University of Granada. Jun 25-27, 2024.
-XXII TIF (Taller de Investigación en Filosofía). Graduate Student Conference. Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Apr 2-4, 2025.
Teaching:
-Philosophy of Language & Cognition. CCiL.
MA Supervising:
-Xuan Chen. Revisiting Implicit Bias: Responsibility in the Shadows of Implicit Memory. Defense: 07/07/2024. MA Cognitive Science & Language (CCiL). Philosophy of Language & Cognition. UB.