Abel Wajnerman Paz

Abel Wajnerman Paz is an Assistant Professor of Neuroethics at the Institute of Applied Ethics at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (Santiago de Chile). He obtained his PhD in Philosophy at the University of Buenos Aires (2014) 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. His research is focused on the ontological and epistemic relationship between cognitive phenomena and neural mechanisms, and how it can shape our understanding of four key ethical concepts: mental integrity, personal identity, mental privacy, and autonomy.

His current Research Project from the Chilean National Agency for Research and Development, entitled “Exploring the conceptual foundations of neurorights” (2022-2025) aims to ground some of the key ethical and legal notions underlying the Chilean framework for the regulation of neurotechnology, on epistemic, metaphysical and ethical frameworks developed within the Philosophy of Neuroscience. He has been part of several expert advisory groups for policymakers in Chile and abroad.