Universitat de BarcelonaDepartament de Filosofia
C/Montalegre, 6-8, 4th floor
Office: 4090
08001 Barcelona
mkortabarriaareitio@gmail.com
I graduated in Philosophy in 2018 at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) in Donostia, San Sebastian. In 2020 I completed the Aphil MA at the University of Barcelona (UB) presenting my final master's thesis ''Kinds and Essences: Rescuing the New Biological Essentialism'' done under the supervision of professor Esa Diaz-Leon. Currently I'm a FPI (PID2020-119588GB-I00) predoctoral researcher at LOGOS, University of Barcelona, where I work under the supervision of professors Esa Diaz-Leon and Manuel Garcia-Carpintero.
As a professional philosopher I'm mostly interested in questions concerning the domains of metaphysics and meta-metaphysics. I'm an ardent defender of the view that metaphysics is a serious discipline worth engaging with which, if done with care, can be of greater utility in illuminating central and transversal questions to all of philosophy. As for my PhD project, I focus on researching the usefulness of grounding in contemporary metaphysical research. This has led me to investigate discussions related to the metaphysical structure of reality, the nature of metaphysical explanation and the actual applicability of grounding.
Philosophy aside, I am what you might call a geek. Most of my free time is spent watching horror movies, being a dungeon master, playing Magic the Gathering, and enjoying video games as well as all kinds of obscure music.
Markel Kortabarria, Joaquim Giannotti. 2024
Markel Kortabarria. 2023