Josep Gasol


Me!

Hi there and welcome to my website. I am a PhD student in Philosophy at the Centre for Ethics as Study in Human Value, University of Pardubice (Czech Republic), doing research on philosophy of animal mind and its intersection with applied ethics.

Prior to that, in 2022 I completed my BA degree in Philosophy at the University of Girona. In 2024, I completed my MA degree in Philosophy of Contemporary Challenges at Tilburg University. Throughout my formative years, I wondered how a new animal ethics theory could be developed to include recent advances in comparative psychology, thereby overcoming and addressing the challenges of existing approaches.

Starting the autumn of 2025, I will work on my doctoral thesis with the goal of reconceptualizing Tom Regan's deontological approach, specifically the concept of being a "subject-of-a-life," in order to develop a new theory of animal ethics from a multidimensional scientific theoretical framework. That is, I will review and update Regan's deontological proposal, taking into account advances in the multiple scientific disciplines that concern the minds of nonhuman animals. My supervisor are Prof. Dr. Silvia Caprioglio & Prof. Dr. Susana Monsó.

My main research interests are comparative psychology and animal ethics, but I am also fascinated by epistemology, ecofeminism, climate justice, degrowth, and deep ecology.

Outside of academia, I enjoy getting lost in the woods without electronic devices, regularly practicing sports like swimming or hiking, and I try to take the best care of my plants (don't always succeed).

My pronouns are he/him.


Contact Information

You can find me in ORCID.com GS.com PP.com RG.com A.com BS.com MST.com


Email

For questions and inquiries, please contact me via my email address:

josep.gasol@upce.cz