Abel Wajnerman-Paz

Abel Wajnerman Paz is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the Alberto Hurtado University (Santiago de Chile). He obtained his PhD in Philosophy at the University of Buenos Aires (2015), and was a CONICET (2015-2017) and a FONDECYT Postdoctoral Fellow (2018-2021). His main areas of interest are the Philosophy of Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroethics. He focuses on epistemic and conceptual issues related to neural coding, computation and information processing, their relation to mental capacities (specifically, perception, thought and consciousness) and their neuroethical implications regarding mental privacy, personal identity, and autonomy. His current ANID Research Project 11220327 “Exploring the conceptual foundations of neurorights” (2022-2025) aims to philosophically elucidate some of the key notions underlying the Chilean framework for the regulation of neurotechnologies.