Juan Vila is a Postdoctoral Fellow of the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET, 2024–2027) in Argentina. He holds a PhD in Philosophy (summa cum laude) from the University of Buenos Aires and a Master’s degree in Music, Traditional Arts, and New Technologies from the National University of Tres de Febrero.

His research focuses on the philosophy of nature, environmental philosophy, and the philosophy of science, with particular interests in the philosophy of quantum physics and the philosophy of biology. He is especially concerned with how contemporary scientific theory and practice challenge dominant Western metaphysical frameworks, moving beyond substantialist and essentialist models toward relational approaches to nature. He is the author of The Paradox of Rationality (Teseo Press, 2017) and has published several articles in peer-reviewed journals on the concept of nature in the foundations of quantum mechanics, biosemiotics, and evolutionary theory. His work critically engages with instrumentalist tendencies in contemporary philosophy of science, emphasizing the philosophical implications of scientific practice.

His academic achievements include an Honor’s Diploma from the University of Buenos Aires and the 2024 Ted Kisiel Junior Scholar Award, awarded by the Heidegger Circle of North America, for a paper connecting Heidegger’s phenomenology with contemporary metaphysics of biology. He currently holds teaching and research positions at the National University of Tres de Febrero (UNTREF), where he serves as a teaching and research assistant and as a professor in the BA program in Indigenous Philosophy. He has taught undergraduate and graduate seminars in many South-American countries on environmental philosophy and its relation to scientific research. His work also engages with anthropological approaches to environmental knowledge, including collaborations with Indigenous communities and biocultural ethics. In this context, he has taught seminars examining how locally grounded ecological practices intersect with and inform scientific inquiry, and naturalist philosophies.