An Approach to the Influence of the Media on Political Disaffection
Authorship
J.A.D.S.
Bachelor's degree in Philosophy
J.A.D.S.
Bachelor's degree in Philosophy
Defense date
06.26.2025 10:30
06.26.2025 10:30
Summary
This paper analyzes how the media contribute to political disaffection, understood as the gradual loss of trust in politics, institutions, and citizen participation. From a critical perspective, it will address the relationship between the media and contemporary politics, exploring the strategies used to foster or undermine citizen engagement, such as echo chambers, algorithmic influence, or information manipulation. Finally, it will reflect on a practical case (the media coverage of DINA in Valencia) to illustrate how these dynamics affect the public and its relationship with institutions, specify the social consequences, and provide an in-depth analysis of the interaction between media, politics, and the population, examining the challenges this poses for participatory democracy.
This paper analyzes how the media contribute to political disaffection, understood as the gradual loss of trust in politics, institutions, and citizen participation. From a critical perspective, it will address the relationship between the media and contemporary politics, exploring the strategies used to foster or undermine citizen engagement, such as echo chambers, algorithmic influence, or information manipulation. Finally, it will reflect on a practical case (the media coverage of DINA in Valencia) to illustrate how these dynamics affect the public and its relationship with institutions, specify the social consequences, and provide an in-depth analysis of the interaction between media, politics, and the population, examining the challenges this poses for participatory democracy.
Direction
MARTINEZ SUAREZ, YOLANDA (Tutorships)
MARTINEZ SUAREZ, YOLANDA (Tutorships)
Court
GARCIA SOTO, LUIS MODESTO (Chairman)
FRANCO BARRERA, ALBERTO JOSE (Secretary)
MARTINEZ VIDAL, MARIA DE LA CONCEPCION (Member)
GARCIA SOTO, LUIS MODESTO (Chairman)
FRANCO BARRERA, ALBERTO JOSE (Secretary)
MARTINEZ VIDAL, MARIA DE LA CONCEPCION (Member)
Between Fear and Anxiety: Hegel and Kierkegaard facing Despair
Authorship
N.A.N.
Bachelor's degree in Philosophy
N.A.N.
Bachelor's degree in Philosophy
Defense date
06.26.2025 16:30
06.26.2025 16:30
Summary
The present paper addresses a comparative analysis between Hegel and Kierkegaard from the concepts of fear, anxiety and despair as structural elements in the constitution of the subject, focusing the reading on The Phenomenology of the Spirit, The Concept of Anxiety and The Sickness unto Death. It explores how fear appears in Hegel as an essential moment in the formation of consciousness, especially in the context of the struggle for recognition, and how negativity and contradiction become means of development of the spirit. In Kierkegaard, anxiety understood as an existential category allows to reveal the uniqueness of the individual, putting him in the dizziness of the choice of taking charge or not of himself. The paper shows that, despite their philosophical and methodological differences, both thinkers agree in understanding the individual as a dynamic process, crossed by the negative, by pain and fracture. The analysis of despair allows us to integrate both perspectives, showing that both Hegelian fear and Kierkegaardian anxiety are necessary conditions for the constitution of self. Through this reading, the vital importance of these categories in the way of formation of the subject to achieve its realization is reflected, highlighting that despair, rather than overcome, must be inhabited
The present paper addresses a comparative analysis between Hegel and Kierkegaard from the concepts of fear, anxiety and despair as structural elements in the constitution of the subject, focusing the reading on The Phenomenology of the Spirit, The Concept of Anxiety and The Sickness unto Death. It explores how fear appears in Hegel as an essential moment in the formation of consciousness, especially in the context of the struggle for recognition, and how negativity and contradiction become means of development of the spirit. In Kierkegaard, anxiety understood as an existential category allows to reveal the uniqueness of the individual, putting him in the dizziness of the choice of taking charge or not of himself. The paper shows that, despite their philosophical and methodological differences, both thinkers agree in understanding the individual as a dynamic process, crossed by the negative, by pain and fracture. The analysis of despair allows us to integrate both perspectives, showing that both Hegelian fear and Kierkegaardian anxiety are necessary conditions for the constitution of self. Through this reading, the vital importance of these categories in the way of formation of the subject to achieve its realization is reflected, highlighting that despair, rather than overcome, must be inhabited
Direction
PARCERO OUBIÑA, OSCAR (Tutorships)
PARCERO OUBIÑA, OSCAR (Tutorships)
Court
CONDE SOTO, FRANCISCO (Chairman)
RABE , ANA MARIA DE LA CONCEPCION (Secretary)
ALLEN-PERKINS AVENDAÑO, DIEGO (Member)
CONDE SOTO, FRANCISCO (Chairman)
RABE , ANA MARIA DE LA CONCEPCION (Secretary)
ALLEN-PERKINS AVENDAÑO, DIEGO (Member)
The eternal return in the Greeks: from temporality to history
Authorship
A.B.D.
Bachelor's degree in Philosophy
A.B.D.
Bachelor's degree in Philosophy
Defense date
06.26.2025 11:00
06.26.2025 11:00
Summary
The aim of the following paper is to review the myth of eternal return as applied to the archaic and classical Greek context. To this end, we will begin by clarifying what is meant by ‘Greeks’ given the breadth of the term. Once this has been clarified, we will present the main conceptions of time present in the Hellenic world based on their language and worldview. In this way, we will be able to examine the applicability of the myth of eternal return to this context, taking Eliade as a reference, and concluding the reductionism that this thesis would imply by virtue of the plurality of temporal and historical conceptions existing in Greece. On the other hand, the meaning of history in classical Greece will be developed in the works of Herodotus, Thucydides and Xenophon, so that it is linked to the development of a linear time clearly opposed to the cyclical time that emerges from the myth of eternal return. In conclusion, the reasons for refuting the thesis of eternal return as a temporal and historical model in Greece will be summarised, thus defending the plurality inherent in Greek thought and the need to reconsider its canonical characterisation in relation to time and history.
The aim of the following paper is to review the myth of eternal return as applied to the archaic and classical Greek context. To this end, we will begin by clarifying what is meant by ‘Greeks’ given the breadth of the term. Once this has been clarified, we will present the main conceptions of time present in the Hellenic world based on their language and worldview. In this way, we will be able to examine the applicability of the myth of eternal return to this context, taking Eliade as a reference, and concluding the reductionism that this thesis would imply by virtue of the plurality of temporal and historical conceptions existing in Greece. On the other hand, the meaning of history in classical Greece will be developed in the works of Herodotus, Thucydides and Xenophon, so that it is linked to the development of a linear time clearly opposed to the cyclical time that emerges from the myth of eternal return. In conclusion, the reasons for refuting the thesis of eternal return as a temporal and historical model in Greece will be summarised, thus defending the plurality inherent in Greek thought and the need to reconsider its canonical characterisation in relation to time and history.
Direction
CONDE SOTO, FRANCISCO (Tutorships)
CONDE SOTO, FRANCISCO (Tutorships)
Court
VAZQUEZ LOBEIRAS, MARIA XESUS (Chairman)
ALCALA RODRIGUEZ, FRANCISCO JAVIER (Secretary)
PEREIRA FARIÑA, MARTIN (Member)
VAZQUEZ LOBEIRAS, MARIA XESUS (Chairman)
ALCALA RODRIGUEZ, FRANCISCO JAVIER (Secretary)
PEREIRA FARIÑA, MARTIN (Member)
Meat and Power: An Intersectional Analysis of Meat as a Structuring Element of Multiple Systems of Oppression.
Authorship
Y.B.C.
Bachelor's degree in Philosophy
Y.B.C.
Bachelor's degree in Philosophy
Defense date
06.26.2025 17:00
06.26.2025 17:00
Summary
This thesis offers a critical analysis of the concept of flesh from an ecofeminist perspective, understanding it not only as biological matter, but as a critical tool that reveals multiple logics of domination. Flesh operates as both an ontological and political boundary that determines who can be recognized as a subject, who is excluded from the political sphere, and who is reduced to a consumable object. Through the analysis of works by authors such as Val Plumwood, Alicia Puleo, and Isabel Balza, the thesis explores the mechanisms that sustain so-called oppressive dualisms (body/mind, nature/culture, human/animal) as hierarchical structures that obscure dependency and legitimize inequality.Within this framework, flesh is approached as a critical category that exposes how exclusion is constructed, while also opening pathways to rethink our relationship with the world and with otherness through the lenses of vulnerability and interdependence. To recognize ourselves as flesh opens the possibility of a new understanding of humanity not as the center of the world, but as part of a living, shared, and interdependent whole.
This thesis offers a critical analysis of the concept of flesh from an ecofeminist perspective, understanding it not only as biological matter, but as a critical tool that reveals multiple logics of domination. Flesh operates as both an ontological and political boundary that determines who can be recognized as a subject, who is excluded from the political sphere, and who is reduced to a consumable object. Through the analysis of works by authors such as Val Plumwood, Alicia Puleo, and Isabel Balza, the thesis explores the mechanisms that sustain so-called oppressive dualisms (body/mind, nature/culture, human/animal) as hierarchical structures that obscure dependency and legitimize inequality.Within this framework, flesh is approached as a critical category that exposes how exclusion is constructed, while also opening pathways to rethink our relationship with the world and with otherness through the lenses of vulnerability and interdependence. To recognize ourselves as flesh opens the possibility of a new understanding of humanity not as the center of the world, but as part of a living, shared, and interdependent whole.
Direction
MARTINEZ SUAREZ, YOLANDA (Tutorships)
MARTINEZ SUAREZ, YOLANDA (Tutorships)
Court
GARCIA SOTO, LUIS MODESTO (Chairman)
FRANCO BARRERA, ALBERTO JOSE (Secretary)
PASTORIZA ROZAS, JOSE LUIS (Member)
GARCIA SOTO, LUIS MODESTO (Chairman)
FRANCO BARRERA, ALBERTO JOSE (Secretary)
PASTORIZA ROZAS, JOSE LUIS (Member)
Byung-Chul Han and the marxist critique to the contemporary capitalist society
Authorship
H.B.C.
Bachelor's degree in Philosophy
H.B.C.
Bachelor's degree in Philosophy
Defense date
02.14.2025 10:00
02.14.2025 10:00
Summary
Byung-Chul Han is one of the most famous philosophers of the beginning of the 21st century, a living and still active author of deep originality and contemporaneity. His philosophy mainly focuses on the analysis of the individual and society in the context of society in today's capitalism. In this essay, Byung-Chul Han's thinking will be examined, seeing if his concepts and analyzes show and extend Karl Marx's concerns about exploitation and alienation in the neoliberal era. Byung-Chul Han, through his exploration of psychopolitics, the society of weariness and self-exploitation, offers a comprehensive view of the new modalities of control and domination that characterize 21st century capitalism. Thus, while for his part Marx focused on class exploitation and the alienation of the worker, Han highlights the way neoliberal capitalism assumes these mechanisms, transforming individuals into self-exploiters as an illusion of individual freedom. Analyzing the evolution of power from the most disciplinary techniques towards psychological and emotional manipulation, we will see with this essay whether Han's critique complements and modernizes the Marxist proposal and whether this critique of contemporary capitalism can be understood as Marxist or not.
Byung-Chul Han is one of the most famous philosophers of the beginning of the 21st century, a living and still active author of deep originality and contemporaneity. His philosophy mainly focuses on the analysis of the individual and society in the context of society in today's capitalism. In this essay, Byung-Chul Han's thinking will be examined, seeing if his concepts and analyzes show and extend Karl Marx's concerns about exploitation and alienation in the neoliberal era. Byung-Chul Han, through his exploration of psychopolitics, the society of weariness and self-exploitation, offers a comprehensive view of the new modalities of control and domination that characterize 21st century capitalism. Thus, while for his part Marx focused on class exploitation and the alienation of the worker, Han highlights the way neoliberal capitalism assumes these mechanisms, transforming individuals into self-exploiters as an illusion of individual freedom. Analyzing the evolution of power from the most disciplinary techniques towards psychological and emotional manipulation, we will see with this essay whether Han's critique complements and modernizes the Marxist proposal and whether this critique of contemporary capitalism can be understood as Marxist or not.
Direction
POSE VARELA, CARLOS ALBERTO (Tutorships)
POSE VARELA, CARLOS ALBERTO (Tutorships)
Court
CONDE SOTO, FRANCISCO (Chairman)
RABE , ANA MARIA DE LA CONCEPCION (Secretary)
ALLEN-PERKINS AVENDAÑO, DIEGO (Member)
CONDE SOTO, FRANCISCO (Chairman)
RABE , ANA MARIA DE LA CONCEPCION (Secretary)
ALLEN-PERKINS AVENDAÑO, DIEGO (Member)
Data Processing, Privacy, and Philosophical Implications
Authorship
C.B.P.
Bachelor's degree in Philosophy
C.B.P.
Bachelor's degree in Philosophy
Defense date
06.26.2025 12:00
06.26.2025 12:00
Summary
This paper analyzes how power operates in the digital age, focusing on the mechanisms of control, surveillance, and data extraction that shape contemporary life. Through a conceptual trajectory, that begins with classical disciplinary models and extends to current forms of algorithmic surveillance, it examines how power structures have evolved to function in more diffuse, personalized, and continuous ways. This work aims to problematize the conditions imposed by the technological age and question the promises of freedom in an environment where autonomy becomes increasingly fragile.
This paper analyzes how power operates in the digital age, focusing on the mechanisms of control, surveillance, and data extraction that shape contemporary life. Through a conceptual trajectory, that begins with classical disciplinary models and extends to current forms of algorithmic surveillance, it examines how power structures have evolved to function in more diffuse, personalized, and continuous ways. This work aims to problematize the conditions imposed by the technological age and question the promises of freedom in an environment where autonomy becomes increasingly fragile.
Direction
SOBRINO CERDEIRIÑA, ALEJANDRO (Tutorships)
SOBRINO CERDEIRIÑA, ALEJANDRO (Tutorships)
Court
SOBRINO CERDEIRIÑA, ALEJANDRO (Student’s tutor)
SOBRINO CERDEIRIÑA, ALEJANDRO (Student’s tutor)
Philosophy of love in The Ring of the dove by Ibn Hazm of Cordoba
Authorship
A.C.C.
Bachelor's degree in Philosophy
A.C.C.
Bachelor's degree in Philosophy
Defense date
02.14.2025 10:00
02.14.2025 10:00
Summary
This work is the result of reading and studying the book The Ring of the Dove by Ibn Hazm. Firstly, it will review the philosophical and historical circumstances that led to the birth of Western Arab philosophy and the particularities of a differentiated branch of it, Andalusian philosophy. Subsequently, it will point out the phenomena surrounding the complex figure of the Cordoban author, which will shed light on the significance of this specific work of his. Next, the particularities of Udhri love will be explained, along with the effects of its transmission in al-Andalus and its literary culmination through the writing that concerns us here. Finally, the methodology followed by Ibn Hazm to achieve his main aim - explaining the very essence of love - will be highlighted and explained.
This work is the result of reading and studying the book The Ring of the Dove by Ibn Hazm. Firstly, it will review the philosophical and historical circumstances that led to the birth of Western Arab philosophy and the particularities of a differentiated branch of it, Andalusian philosophy. Subsequently, it will point out the phenomena surrounding the complex figure of the Cordoban author, which will shed light on the significance of this specific work of his. Next, the particularities of Udhri love will be explained, along with the effects of its transmission in al-Andalus and its literary culmination through the writing that concerns us here. Finally, the methodology followed by Ibn Hazm to achieve his main aim - explaining the very essence of love - will be highlighted and explained.
Direction
AGIS VILLAVERDE, MARCELINO (Tutorships)
AGIS VILLAVERDE, MARCELINO (Tutorships)
Court
VAZQUEZ LOBEIRAS, MARIA XESUS (Chairman)
ALCALA RODRIGUEZ, FRANCISCO JAVIER (Secretary)
BARCIA GONZALEZ, FRANCISCO JAVIER (Member)
VAZQUEZ LOBEIRAS, MARIA XESUS (Chairman)
ALCALA RODRIGUEZ, FRANCISCO JAVIER (Secretary)
BARCIA GONZALEZ, FRANCISCO JAVIER (Member)
From Freud to Marcuse: A Reading of the Dissatisfaction of the Contemporary Subject in Capitalism.
Authorship
U.F.D.S.
Bachelor's degree in Philosophy
U.F.D.S.
Bachelor's degree in Philosophy
Defense date
06.26.2025 17:00
06.26.2025 17:00
Summary
The present research intends to offer a reading of the dissatisfaction of the contemporary human individual in the advanced capitalism. Deporting from the dialogue between the psychoanalyst theory of Sigmund Freud, and its critical reinterpretation lead by Herbert Marcuse. The main hypothesis states that discomfort can’t be understood as an unavoidable fate of life in society, but as a historical effect of the repressive organization of desire, particularly un its excessive and normalized from in the advanced industrial societies.
The present research intends to offer a reading of the dissatisfaction of the contemporary human individual in the advanced capitalism. Deporting from the dialogue between the psychoanalyst theory of Sigmund Freud, and its critical reinterpretation lead by Herbert Marcuse. The main hypothesis states that discomfort can’t be understood as an unavoidable fate of life in society, but as a historical effect of the repressive organization of desire, particularly un its excessive and normalized from in the advanced industrial societies.
Direction
CONDE SOTO, FRANCISCO (Tutorships)
CONDE SOTO, FRANCISCO (Tutorships)
Court
VAZQUEZ LOBEIRAS, MARIA XESUS (Chairman)
ALCALA RODRIGUEZ, FRANCISCO JAVIER (Secretary)
PEREIRA FARIÑA, MARTIN (Member)
VAZQUEZ LOBEIRAS, MARIA XESUS (Chairman)
ALCALA RODRIGUEZ, FRANCISCO JAVIER (Secretary)
PEREIRA FARIÑA, MARTIN (Member)
Living the tragedy. An ethical approach to the
Authorship
A.X.G.G.
Bachelor's degree in Philosophy
A.X.G.G.
Bachelor's degree in Philosophy
Defense date
06.26.2025 17:30
06.26.2025 17:30
Summary
n the present work, the aim is, based on Georg Simmel’s notion of the “tragedy of culture”, to develop: firstly, an investigation into the philosophical scope of this concept, with the aid of Ortega y Gasset’s thesis on the “age of technology” and Foucault’s notion of the “care of the self” as proposed in The Hermeneutics fo the Subject; and second, to explore its relevance and implications for contemporary culture, primarly through the perspectives of Paul B. Preciado and Foucault. From this exposition, a relationship will be established between the “tragedy of culture” and contemporary society, aling with a posible response of the issues that arise, grounded in Simmel’s ethical proposal for the individual. The central concern guiding this research will thus be the relationship the individual establishes with culture and the position they occupy in today’s world.
n the present work, the aim is, based on Georg Simmel’s notion of the “tragedy of culture”, to develop: firstly, an investigation into the philosophical scope of this concept, with the aid of Ortega y Gasset’s thesis on the “age of technology” and Foucault’s notion of the “care of the self” as proposed in The Hermeneutics fo the Subject; and second, to explore its relevance and implications for contemporary culture, primarly through the perspectives of Paul B. Preciado and Foucault. From this exposition, a relationship will be established between the “tragedy of culture” and contemporary society, aling with a posible response of the issues that arise, grounded in Simmel’s ethical proposal for the individual. The central concern guiding this research will thus be the relationship the individual establishes with culture and the position they occupy in today’s world.
Direction
ALCALA RODRIGUEZ, FRANCISCO JAVIER (Tutorships)
ALCALA RODRIGUEZ, FRANCISCO JAVIER (Tutorships)
Court
CONDE SOTO, FRANCISCO (Chairman)
RABE , ANA MARIA DE LA CONCEPCION (Secretary)
ALLEN-PERKINS AVENDAÑO, DIEGO (Member)
CONDE SOTO, FRANCISCO (Chairman)
RABE , ANA MARIA DE LA CONCEPCION (Secretary)
ALLEN-PERKINS AVENDAÑO, DIEGO (Member)
The role of Odysseus cunning in Dialectic of Enlightenment by Adorno and Horkheimer
Authorship
P.L.B.
Bachelor's degree in Philosophy
P.L.B.
Bachelor's degree in Philosophy
Defense date
06.26.2025 12:00
06.26.2025 12:00
Summary
In Dialectic of Enlightenment, Adorno and Horkheimer highlight the internal contradictions of Western rationality. Reason has always been conceived as a tool for knowledge and for human emancipation. However, its use as instrumental reason has given rise to a logic of domination that controls nature and subordinates it to human interests. Paradoxically, in order to dominate nature, human beings must also dominate their own nature. Adorno and Horkheimer find in Homer's The Odyssey a paradigmatic representation of this dialectical tension between emancipation and domination: The protagonist, Odysseus, confronts unpredictable nature through his cunning, but in doing so must sacrifice and master himself. In this paper, we will first analyze the evolution, central elements, and paradoxical foundation of the Enlightenment as understood by Adorno and Horkheimer. Based on this, we will analyze how Odysseus's cunning illustrates the concept of instrumental reason and paradigmatically demonstrates the dialectic of the Enlightenment.
In Dialectic of Enlightenment, Adorno and Horkheimer highlight the internal contradictions of Western rationality. Reason has always been conceived as a tool for knowledge and for human emancipation. However, its use as instrumental reason has given rise to a logic of domination that controls nature and subordinates it to human interests. Paradoxically, in order to dominate nature, human beings must also dominate their own nature. Adorno and Horkheimer find in Homer's The Odyssey a paradigmatic representation of this dialectical tension between emancipation and domination: The protagonist, Odysseus, confronts unpredictable nature through his cunning, but in doing so must sacrifice and master himself. In this paper, we will first analyze the evolution, central elements, and paradoxical foundation of the Enlightenment as understood by Adorno and Horkheimer. Based on this, we will analyze how Odysseus's cunning illustrates the concept of instrumental reason and paradigmatically demonstrates the dialectic of the Enlightenment.
Direction
RABE , ANA MARIA DE LA CONCEPCION (Tutorships)
RABE , ANA MARIA DE LA CONCEPCION (Tutorships)
Court
VAZQUEZ LOBEIRAS, MARIA XESUS (Chairman)
ALCALA RODRIGUEZ, FRANCISCO JAVIER (Secretary)
PEREIRA FARIÑA, MARTIN (Member)
VAZQUEZ LOBEIRAS, MARIA XESUS (Chairman)
ALCALA RODRIGUEZ, FRANCISCO JAVIER (Secretary)
PEREIRA FARIÑA, MARTIN (Member)
The crisis of Social Reproduction within the capitalist mode of production
Authorship
M.M.D.P.
Bachelor's degree in Philosophy
M.M.D.P.
Bachelor's degree in Philosophy
Defense date
06.26.2025 18:00
06.26.2025 18:00
Summary
Social reproduction is the set of activities that contribute to growth, learning, creation and maintenance of social relationships and communitary ties. In this text we will start from the thesis that the capitalist mode of production provokes a recurrent crisis of social reproduction. To demonstrate this, we will first expose those features of capitalism that conflict with reproduction and care. Then, from the work of Nancy Fraser, among other authors, we will propose a timeline of the different concrete forms that capital has taken in its history, in order to look at the specificities in each moment in relation to social reproduction. We will place a special emphasis on the current crisis of care, the contemporary problem that neoliberalism provokes on social reproduction. Finally, we will explore feminist proposals that confront that crisis, highlighting feminist strikes and collective action as potentialities to be taken into account when developing theory and praxis that truly aims to have a real impact on people’s living conditions.
Social reproduction is the set of activities that contribute to growth, learning, creation and maintenance of social relationships and communitary ties. In this text we will start from the thesis that the capitalist mode of production provokes a recurrent crisis of social reproduction. To demonstrate this, we will first expose those features of capitalism that conflict with reproduction and care. Then, from the work of Nancy Fraser, among other authors, we will propose a timeline of the different concrete forms that capital has taken in its history, in order to look at the specificities in each moment in relation to social reproduction. We will place a special emphasis on the current crisis of care, the contemporary problem that neoliberalism provokes on social reproduction. Finally, we will explore feminist proposals that confront that crisis, highlighting feminist strikes and collective action as potentialities to be taken into account when developing theory and praxis that truly aims to have a real impact on people’s living conditions.
Direction
MARTINEZ SUAREZ, YOLANDA (Tutorships)
MARTINEZ SUAREZ, YOLANDA (Tutorships)
Court
GARCIA SOTO, LUIS MODESTO (Chairman)
FRANCO BARRERA, ALBERTO JOSE (Secretary)
PASTORIZA ROZAS, JOSE LUIS (Member)
GARCIA SOTO, LUIS MODESTO (Chairman)
FRANCO BARRERA, ALBERTO JOSE (Secretary)
PASTORIZA ROZAS, JOSE LUIS (Member)
Zen Buddhism in Japanese culture
Authorship
N.M.P.
Bachelor's degree in Philosophy
N.M.P.
Bachelor's degree in Philosophy
Defense date
06.26.2025 10:00
06.26.2025 10:00
Summary
This work aims to disclose how Zen Buddhism manifests itself in the culture and thought of Japan. To do this, first of all, what Zen Buddhism is will be explained, considering its origin, history and content, and, in addition, it will be seen how it arrived in Japan and settled. Next, the influence of Zen in the conformation of Japanese culture and carácter will be analyzed, focusing on two areas, namely: art, understood as a spiritual path, and the daily life of Japanese society.
This work aims to disclose how Zen Buddhism manifests itself in the culture and thought of Japan. To do this, first of all, what Zen Buddhism is will be explained, considering its origin, history and content, and, in addition, it will be seen how it arrived in Japan and settled. Next, the influence of Zen in the conformation of Japanese culture and carácter will be analyzed, focusing on two areas, namely: art, understood as a spiritual path, and the daily life of Japanese society.
Direction
AGIS VILLAVERDE, MARCELINO (Tutorships)
AGIS VILLAVERDE, MARCELINO (Tutorships)
Court
AGIS VILLAVERDE, MARCELINO (Student’s tutor)
AGIS VILLAVERDE, MARCELINO (Student’s tutor)
To love love, but in other ways: a critical analysis of contemporary love
Authorship
L.M.V.
Bachelor's degree in Philosophy
L.M.V.
Bachelor's degree in Philosophy
Defense date
06.26.2025 11:30
06.26.2025 11:30
Summary
Love has been a neglected object of study in the political sphere until a few decades ago. Feminist studies have highlighted the problems of the imaginary of romantic love as a strategy of domination and subjugation of women. However, emotional capitalism has given rise to another cultural framework from which to understand love, based on the consumption of emotions and bodies, reification and the search for personal gain: negative relationships. In the face of the hyperindividualistic relational drifts of late capitalist societies, we claim the subversive potential of love and bonds to weave new relational networks centred on interdependence, care and solidarity.
Love has been a neglected object of study in the political sphere until a few decades ago. Feminist studies have highlighted the problems of the imaginary of romantic love as a strategy of domination and subjugation of women. However, emotional capitalism has given rise to another cultural framework from which to understand love, based on the consumption of emotions and bodies, reification and the search for personal gain: negative relationships. In the face of the hyperindividualistic relational drifts of late capitalist societies, we claim the subversive potential of love and bonds to weave new relational networks centred on interdependence, care and solidarity.
Direction
GARCIA SOTO, LUIS MODESTO (Tutorships)
GARCIA SOTO, LUIS MODESTO (Tutorships)
Court
PASTORIZA ROZAS, JOSE LUIS (Chairman)
FRANCO BARRERA, ALBERTO JOSE (Secretary)
MARTINEZ VIDAL, MARIA DE LA CONCEPCION (Member)
PASTORIZA ROZAS, JOSE LUIS (Chairman)
FRANCO BARRERA, ALBERTO JOSE (Secretary)
MARTINEZ VIDAL, MARIA DE LA CONCEPCION (Member)
Universality versus difference: a critique of the rationality and individualism of liberal political philosophy
Authorship
S.N.S.
Bachelor's degree in Philosophy
S.N.S.
Bachelor's degree in Philosophy
Defense date
06.26.2025 12:30
06.26.2025 12:30
Summary
The concept universal is a fundamental category in contemporary political philosophy. In recent decades, various social movements (such as feminism and postcolonialism) have pointed out the limitations of liberalism, thus calling into question the presumed universality of its assumptions. The objective of this paper is to reveal how universality has been ideologically used to favor the status quo. Firstly, the problem of universality will be briefly explained, that is, its genealogy and fundamental features. The second section addresses the question of difference to unmask the cultural specificity of the universal. To this end, the ideals of impartiality and neutrality will be examined. The third section will problematize the individualistic dimension of the universal. Against contractualist inheritance, I will defend the importance of social groups at understanding structural injustices. Likewise, the relational dimension of the human being will be vindicated as an alternative to atomistic ontologies. In the fourth section, I will question the hierarchization of rationality over emotion and corporality showing how it has been used to devalue certain types of discourse. Finally, I will present the conclusions, which will raise some questions about the possibility of reconciling universality with difference.
The concept universal is a fundamental category in contemporary political philosophy. In recent decades, various social movements (such as feminism and postcolonialism) have pointed out the limitations of liberalism, thus calling into question the presumed universality of its assumptions. The objective of this paper is to reveal how universality has been ideologically used to favor the status quo. Firstly, the problem of universality will be briefly explained, that is, its genealogy and fundamental features. The second section addresses the question of difference to unmask the cultural specificity of the universal. To this end, the ideals of impartiality and neutrality will be examined. The third section will problematize the individualistic dimension of the universal. Against contractualist inheritance, I will defend the importance of social groups at understanding structural injustices. Likewise, the relational dimension of the human being will be vindicated as an alternative to atomistic ontologies. In the fourth section, I will question the hierarchization of rationality over emotion and corporality showing how it has been used to devalue certain types of discourse. Finally, I will present the conclusions, which will raise some questions about the possibility of reconciling universality with difference.
Direction
GARCIA SOTO, LUIS MODESTO (Tutorships)
GARCIA SOTO, LUIS MODESTO (Tutorships)
Court
PASTORIZA ROZAS, JOSE LUIS (Chairman)
FRANCO BARRERA, ALBERTO JOSE (Secretary)
MARTINEZ VIDAL, MARIA DE LA CONCEPCION (Member)
PASTORIZA ROZAS, JOSE LUIS (Chairman)
FRANCO BARRERA, ALBERTO JOSE (Secretary)
MARTINEZ VIDAL, MARIA DE LA CONCEPCION (Member)
Prostitution, sex work and neoliberalism: some feminist approaches.
Authorship
A.R.R.
Bachelor's degree in Philosophy
A.R.R.
Bachelor's degree in Philosophy
Defense date
06.25.2025 18:00
06.25.2025 18:00
Summary
Currently, according to the Ministry of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Spain is the country with the highest consumption of prostitution in Europe and ranks third worldwide. According to the INE, the sex industry accounts for 0.35% of GDP and an estimated 45,000 women are engaged in prostitution. However, the exchange of sex for money is not regulated in our country, and there are serious difficulties in protecting the human rights of sex workers. Since the 1960s, the analysis of prostitution/sex work in feminism has been the axis of certain consensuses, but also of dissent and confrontations until today. What should be done in the face of the figures presented? Is the existence of sex work/prostitution per se one more manifestation of the structural patriarchy in force in our country? The aim of this paper is to analyze the different positions existing within feminism regarding prostitution/sex work. Through a bibliographic analysis, I intend, firstly, to give an account of the different positions that exist within this debate and, secondly, to address other concepts such as the tension between pleasure and danger or sexual freedom. Finally, I will focus on the current neoliberal context and its consequences in the fields of subjectivation and sexuality.
Currently, according to the Ministry of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Spain is the country with the highest consumption of prostitution in Europe and ranks third worldwide. According to the INE, the sex industry accounts for 0.35% of GDP and an estimated 45,000 women are engaged in prostitution. However, the exchange of sex for money is not regulated in our country, and there are serious difficulties in protecting the human rights of sex workers. Since the 1960s, the analysis of prostitution/sex work in feminism has been the axis of certain consensuses, but also of dissent and confrontations until today. What should be done in the face of the figures presented? Is the existence of sex work/prostitution per se one more manifestation of the structural patriarchy in force in our country? The aim of this paper is to analyze the different positions existing within feminism regarding prostitution/sex work. Through a bibliographic analysis, I intend, firstly, to give an account of the different positions that exist within this debate and, secondly, to address other concepts such as the tension between pleasure and danger or sexual freedom. Finally, I will focus on the current neoliberal context and its consequences in the fields of subjectivation and sexuality.
Direction
Jiménez Esquinas, Guadalupe (Tutorships)
Jiménez Esquinas, Guadalupe (Tutorships)
Court
Jiménez Esquinas, Guadalupe (Student’s tutor)
Jiménez Esquinas, Guadalupe (Student’s tutor)
Philosophy on the border between East and West: Bactria's forgotten encounters.
Authorship
R.M.R.B.
Bachelor's degree in Philosophy
R.M.R.B.
Bachelor's degree in Philosophy
Defense date
06.26.2025 11:00
06.26.2025 11:00
Summary
This paper focuses on the direct interactions between the Hellenic philosophical canon and Eastern thought. Specifically, it proceeds to examine in detail the preserved narratives about the gymnosophists, ascetics of Indian origin with whom Pyrrho of Elis would have had contact. In support of this thesis, the philosophical contents of the Ajñana and Buddhist traditions are juxtaposed with the ideas of Pyrrho. The threefold Pyrrhonian characterization of all pragmata is compared with the Buddhist Trilaksana; the epoché as a moment of suspension of judgment with the amarakathananilambana; the formulation of a four-step logic in both schools; or the similarities between nirvana and ataraxia as ulterior goals. As a result, striking similarities are drawn with which it becomes possible to pose a critique of the Eurocentric view of philosophy during classical antiquity. The existence in India of a rich skeptical tradition predating and influencing the one born in Greece and its corresponding ethical practice, would prove the need to pay greater attention to this link, which has somehow been forgotten or, at the very least, relegated to a marginal position in academic research.
This paper focuses on the direct interactions between the Hellenic philosophical canon and Eastern thought. Specifically, it proceeds to examine in detail the preserved narratives about the gymnosophists, ascetics of Indian origin with whom Pyrrho of Elis would have had contact. In support of this thesis, the philosophical contents of the Ajñana and Buddhist traditions are juxtaposed with the ideas of Pyrrho. The threefold Pyrrhonian characterization of all pragmata is compared with the Buddhist Trilaksana; the epoché as a moment of suspension of judgment with the amarakathananilambana; the formulation of a four-step logic in both schools; or the similarities between nirvana and ataraxia as ulterior goals. As a result, striking similarities are drawn with which it becomes possible to pose a critique of the Eurocentric view of philosophy during classical antiquity. The existence in India of a rich skeptical tradition predating and influencing the one born in Greece and its corresponding ethical practice, would prove the need to pay greater attention to this link, which has somehow been forgotten or, at the very least, relegated to a marginal position in academic research.
Direction
AGIS VILLAVERDE, MARCELINO (Tutorships)
AGIS VILLAVERDE, MARCELINO (Tutorships)
Court
AGIS VILLAVERDE, MARCELINO (Student’s tutor)
AGIS VILLAVERDE, MARCELINO (Student’s tutor)
Heteronormativity and Compulsory Sexuality: a historical approach to lesbofeminist critique
Authorship
Y.R.A.
Bachelor's degree in Philosophy
Y.R.A.
Bachelor's degree in Philosophy
Defense date
06.26.2025 13:00
06.26.2025 13:00
Summary
This paper explores lesbofeminism as a theoretical and political current that, since the 1960s and 1970s, has challenged heterosexuality as an imposed regime and questioned gender categories as social constructs. The analysis focuses on two central figures: Monique Wittig and Adrienne Rich, whose work has been crucial in denaturalizing heterosexuality and proposing new frameworks for understanding desire, identity, and the subordination of women. The paper also addresses how their ideas resonate today, particularly through their impact on queer theory and ongoing debates around lesbian feminism.
This paper explores lesbofeminism as a theoretical and political current that, since the 1960s and 1970s, has challenged heterosexuality as an imposed regime and questioned gender categories as social constructs. The analysis focuses on two central figures: Monique Wittig and Adrienne Rich, whose work has been crucial in denaturalizing heterosexuality and proposing new frameworks for understanding desire, identity, and the subordination of women. The paper also addresses how their ideas resonate today, particularly through their impact on queer theory and ongoing debates around lesbian feminism.
Direction
Herrero Pérez, Maria Nieves (Tutorships)
Herrero Pérez, Maria Nieves (Tutorships)
Court
PARCERO OUBIÑA, OSCAR (Chairman)
RIVERO JIMENEZ, BORJA (Secretary)
POSE VARELA, CARLOS ALBERTO (Member)
PARCERO OUBIÑA, OSCAR (Chairman)
RIVERO JIMENEZ, BORJA (Secretary)
POSE VARELA, CARLOS ALBERTO (Member)
the moral consideration of sentient beings
Authorship
V.R.O.
Bachelor's degree in Philosophy
V.R.O.
Bachelor's degree in Philosophy
Defense date
02.14.2025 10:00
02.14.2025 10:00
Summary
Although significant progress has been made in recent decades regarding animal ethics, the issue remains unresolved, and there is no indication that it will be settled in the near future. Philosophers who advocate for animal rights defend sentience as the sole requirement to be considered a subject of moral consideration. Sentience is the capacity of certain living beings to have experiences, feel emotions, and perceive their surroundings in a subjective manner. In this paper, I will defend the idea of sentience as a criterion for moral consideration. To do so, I will first provide a detailed explanation of this term; in the following section, I will address the issue of suffering and why human suffering is not more significant than that of non-human animals; and finally, I will present the type of discrimination that perpetuates the idea that certain species deserve more moral consideration than others speciesism and, more specifically, the belief that humans are superior to all other species, anthropocentric speciesism.
Although significant progress has been made in recent decades regarding animal ethics, the issue remains unresolved, and there is no indication that it will be settled in the near future. Philosophers who advocate for animal rights defend sentience as the sole requirement to be considered a subject of moral consideration. Sentience is the capacity of certain living beings to have experiences, feel emotions, and perceive their surroundings in a subjective manner. In this paper, I will defend the idea of sentience as a criterion for moral consideration. To do so, I will first provide a detailed explanation of this term; in the following section, I will address the issue of suffering and why human suffering is not more significant than that of non-human animals; and finally, I will present the type of discrimination that perpetuates the idea that certain species deserve more moral consideration than others speciesism and, more specifically, the belief that humans are superior to all other species, anthropocentric speciesism.
Direction
HORTA ALVAREZ, Óscar (Tutorships)
HORTA ALVAREZ, Óscar (Tutorships)
Court
GARCIA SOTO, LUIS MODESTO (Chairman)
FRANCO BARRERA, ALBERTO JOSE (Secretary)
MARTINEZ VIDAL, MARIA DE LA CONCEPCION (Member)
GARCIA SOTO, LUIS MODESTO (Chairman)
FRANCO BARRERA, ALBERTO JOSE (Secretary)
MARTINEZ VIDAL, MARIA DE LA CONCEPCION (Member)
Migration, a political perspective: the particular case of Uruguay
Authorship
M.B.S.G.
Bachelor's degree in Philosophy
M.B.S.G.
Bachelor's degree in Philosophy
Defense date
06.26.2025 13:30
06.26.2025 13:30
Summary
This work explores the construction of uruguayan nationalism through its historical, social, and cultural roots, with a special focus on the role of immigration and the diverse forms of otherness present in the territory. It challenges the dominant narrative of a purely white and european Uruguay by highlighting the contributions of indigenous people, afro-descendants, and immigrant communities (such as the italians) in shaping a collective identity. By analyzing processes like education, cultural blending, and the tensions between inclusion and exclusion, this work offers a critical reading of the national narrative. Finally, it reflects on how these historical dynamics influence the country's current stance toward new migration waves and the way Uruguay continues to define itself.
This work explores the construction of uruguayan nationalism through its historical, social, and cultural roots, with a special focus on the role of immigration and the diverse forms of otherness present in the territory. It challenges the dominant narrative of a purely white and european Uruguay by highlighting the contributions of indigenous people, afro-descendants, and immigrant communities (such as the italians) in shaping a collective identity. By analyzing processes like education, cultural blending, and the tensions between inclusion and exclusion, this work offers a critical reading of the national narrative. Finally, it reflects on how these historical dynamics influence the country's current stance toward new migration waves and the way Uruguay continues to define itself.
Direction
FRANCO BARRERA, ALBERTO JOSE (Tutorships)
FRANCO BARRERA, ALBERTO JOSE (Tutorships)
Court
GARCIA SOTO, LUIS MODESTO (Chairman)
PASTORIZA ROZAS, JOSE LUIS (Secretary)
MARTINEZ VIDAL, MARIA DE LA CONCEPCION (Member)
GARCIA SOTO, LUIS MODESTO (Chairman)
PASTORIZA ROZAS, JOSE LUIS (Secretary)
MARTINEZ VIDAL, MARIA DE LA CONCEPCION (Member)
Affectivity and Religion: Love as a Backbone Element of Spinoza's Ethics
Authorship
A.U.C.
Bachelor's degree in Philosophy
A.U.C.
Bachelor's degree in Philosophy
Defense date
02.14.2025 11:00
02.14.2025 11:00
Summary
This essay is based on the thesis that love is the central element in Spinoza’s Ethics. It is analyzed how seek for happiness is inseparable from investigating which is the perfect love object and the way this process starts in affectivity and how the individual discovers from their singularity, through reason, the community of every being and finds its perfection on the amor Dei intellectualis. Furthermore, it is argued that his ontology, epistemology and ethics reach their true sense only on their relation with love.
This essay is based on the thesis that love is the central element in Spinoza’s Ethics. It is analyzed how seek for happiness is inseparable from investigating which is the perfect love object and the way this process starts in affectivity and how the individual discovers from their singularity, through reason, the community of every being and finds its perfection on the amor Dei intellectualis. Furthermore, it is argued that his ontology, epistemology and ethics reach their true sense only on their relation with love.
Direction
VAZQUEZ LOBEIRAS, MARIA XESUS (Tutorships)
VAZQUEZ LOBEIRAS, MARIA XESUS (Tutorships)
Court
CONDE SOTO, FRANCISCO (Chairman)
RABE , ANA MARIA DE LA CONCEPCION (Secretary)
ALLEN-PERKINS AVENDAÑO, DIEGO (Member)
CONDE SOTO, FRANCISCO (Chairman)
RABE , ANA MARIA DE LA CONCEPCION (Secretary)
ALLEN-PERKINS AVENDAÑO, DIEGO (Member)