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David Jimenéz Castaño serves as a Contracted Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Salamanca, specializing in History of Modern Philosophy. His academic profile integrates teaching, research coordination, and active scholarship within the Philosophical Hispanicism research group.
His research interests center on History of Modern Philosophy, with particular expertise in Domingo de Soto's contributions to political theory, pre-Hobbesian conceptions of the state of nature, and anti-Machiavellian discourse in Jesuit philosophy. He examines the evolution of sovereignty concepts from medieval scholasticism through Enlightenment thought, focusing on the School of Salamanca's legacy in international law and political philosophy.
Analysis of his publication record (2015-2018) reveals consistent focus on early modern political philosophy and scholastic precedents for social contract theory. His work demonstrates methodological strength in historical-philosophical reconstruction, particularly in tracing conceptual lineages between medieval thinkers and Hobbes. Key thematic clusters include: sovereignty theory (princeps non est legibus solutus debates), epistemological frameworks in Hobbes, and ethical deliberation regarding poverty in scholastic thought.
As EBAU Local Coordinator for History of Philosophy, he shapes regional curriculum standards while directing doctoral research. His supervision of Édgar Omar Espinal Betanzo's cum laude thesis demonstrates commitment to bridging classical virtue ethics with modern governance challenges.
His research group affiliation with Philosophical Hispanicism underscores institutional commitment to recovering Spain's philosophical heritage. Current projects analyzing Melchor Cano's political theology indicate expanding research into 16th-century church-state conflicts and their philosophical implications.
