Practical and Theoretical Reason in Modern Philosophy

Paniel Reyes Cárdenas (Mexico 1981), was awarded his MPhil and PhD in Philosophy by The University of Sheffield, UK. In his PhD Thesis, he researched the place of Scholastic Realism in Peirce's Pragmatist Philosophy under the supervision of Professor Christopher Hookway and Steve Makin. Though Paniel's approach is centered in the pragmatist tradition, he has a wide range of philosophical interests: Paniel has published papers on the philosophy of mathematics, metaphysics, medieval philosophy, philosophy of religion and German Idealism. Paniel has ample participation in academic conferences in many different countries and is the founder of the Peirce Latin-American Society.After a spell as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Nottingham under the guidance of Jonathan Tallant and Jules Holroyd, Paniel joined as a lecturer and researcher in UPAEP (People's Autonomous University of Puebla State, Puebla, Mexico) where he was until 2023. Paniel is a lecturer and PhD Student at the Oblate School of Theology in San Antonio Texas, USA. Paniel is part of the National Council for Research of Mexico, awarded SNI 1 for his research work. As a junior scholar, Paniel was awarded as Honorary Researcher by the Department of Philosophy of the University of Sheffield in 2017. Paniel has published: "Scholastic Realism" (Oxford: Peter Lang, 2018) and "Ideas in Development" (Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars, 2018).

Roberto Casales García (Mexico City, 1986) has a BA and MA in Philosophy (Universidad Panamericana) and a PhD in Philosophy (National University of Mexico) graduated with honours. He has been a Professor of Philosophy at UPAEP University since 2013 and head of the department since 2017. He has worked on Ethics, Philosophical anthropology, the history of modern philosophy and especially the thought of G. Leibniz. He is a member of the Latin-American Leibniz Society and the North American Kant Society. He has published nearly 12 books in different areas of modern philosophy along with 23 book chapters and 17 peer-reviewed articles.

Daniel R. Herbert is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Department of Philosophy of the University of Sheffield, UK. He has been a lecturer at Kings College London. Daniel has explored the relationship between Kant and Peirce and is editing numerous works related to Modern Philosophy, Pragmatism and Idealism.