Tobias Sandoval

University of Texas at Austin

tobias.sandoval@utexas.edu

Hi! My name is Tobias (or Toby), and I am a PhD candidate in Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. Before coming to UT, I studied Philosophy and Music at UC Berkeley.

My primary research interests lie at the intersection of the philosophy of mind and philosophy of science. More particularly, I am interested in scientific (and therefore non-scientific) classification and taxonomy in the mind-brain sciences. I am currently working on classification in emotion science (such as whether folk emotion concepts identify natural cognitive kinds) and how answers to these questions change the prospects of a complete science of the emotions.

I also have a side interest in the various characterizations of mental faculties in early modern philosophy. Currently, I am specifically interested in Margaret Cavendish's views of mental faculties. My latest paper, published in the British Journal for the History of Philosophy, discusses her conception of memory and remembrance. I am additionally working on projects having to do with Cavendish's account of natural vs. artificial kinds.

Here is my CV.

Publications

1. Going through the Motions: Memory and Remembrance in Cavendish 2025. British Journal for the History of Philosophy, 33(5), 1120-1142.

Works-in-Progress

1. A paper about nonpropositional problems of closure

2. A dissertation about emotions as natural cognitive kinds

3. A standalone paper about jealousy as a natural cognitive kind

4. A paper about Margaret Cavendish's undemanding account of remembrance and contemporary arguments against unconventional memory systems.

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