Émile P. Torres (formerly known as Phil Torres) is an American philosopher, intellectual historian, author, activist, and postdoctoral researcher at Case Western Reserve University. Their research focuses on eschatology, existential risk, and human extinction. Along with computer scientist Timnit Gebru, Torres coined the acronym neologism "TESCREAL" to criticize what they see as a group of related philosophies: transhumanism, extropianism, singularitarianism, cosmism, rationalism, effective altruism, and longtermism.


Education

2023-2024 Postdoc, Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence, Case Western Reserve University

2020-2023 PhD, Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy, Leibniz Universität Hannover
Dissertation title: Human Extinction: A History of the Science and Ethics of Annihilation, published by Routledge on July 14, 2023, in their “History of Science, Technology, and Medicine” series
Supervisors: Mathias Frisch and Ralf Stoecker

2008-2009 Special Student, Department of Philosophy, Harvard University (4.0 GPA)

2007-2009 MS, Neuroscience, Biology Department, Brandeis University (3.6 GPA)

2005-2007 BA, Philosophy (with Honors), Department of Philosophy, University of Maryland, College Park (4.0 GPA in Major: Philosophy) Schlaretzki Prize for “most outstanding” graduating senior