Eric Bayruns García is an assistant professor in McMaster University’s department of philosophy. And he is a Research Associate in the African Centre for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science at the University of Johannesburg.
He was a Fellow-in-Residence at the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University. And he was an assistant professor in California State University, San Bernardino’s philosophy department.
He specializes in philosophy of race, epistemology and Latin American philosophy. His research focuses on epistemological and ethical issues raised by racial injustice and colonialism. His work has been published in peer-reviewed academic philosophy journals such as Episteme, Social Epistemology, Critical Philosophy of Race, Feminist Philosophy Quarterly and the Journal of Social Philosophy.
Articles that Prof. Bayruns has contributed to the Journal include:
“Understanding, Knowledge and the Valladolid Debate: Why Las Casas and
Sepúlveda Differ on the Moral Status of Indigenous Persons” (Volume 14, Issue 1 (Winter 2023/2024).