Joaquin Jareno Alarcon is a former Associate Professor of Philosophy of Culture and Philosophical Anthropology, University of Murcia, Spain, and Assistant Professor of Ethics, Catholic University of San Antonio, Spain. He served as an Academic Visitor at Oxford University and as a Visiting Scholar at Cambridge University. His books include Secular Portraits: David Hume and John Stuart Mill on the Meaning of Religion (Spanish Edition) and the forthcoming A Brief History of Modern Philosophy.