Faculty: Faculty of Philosophy
SNI Level: III
Campus: Mexico
Area: Practical Philosophy of Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas, Relations between Philosophy and Literature.
Contact: hzagal@up.edu.mx
UP Categorization: Tenured Researcher D
Researcher, novelist and cultural disseminator, Zagal holds a degree in Philosophy from the Universidad Panamericana and a PhD from the Universidad de Navarra. He is currently a category D research professor at the Universidad Panamericana, professor by subject at the Graduate School of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and member of the National System of Researchers, level III.
Carlos Pereda, Alejandro Llano, Mauricio Beuchot and Carlos Llano have been decisive in his academic formation and he considers himself a disciple of these philosophers.
In addition to several articles in specialized journals, he has published the books: Retórica, inducción y ciencia en Aristóteles (Mexico, 1991), Los límites de la argumentación ética en Aristóteles, (co-authored with Sergio Aguilar, Mexico, 1996), Ethik für junge Menschen (co-authored with José Galindo, Germany, 2000), Dos aproximaciones estéticas a la identidad nacional: el barroco y el surrealismo (co-authored with Luis Xavier López, Mexico, 2000), El rescate ético de la empresa y el mercado (co-authored with Carlos Llano, Mexico, 2001), Horismos, syllogismos, asapheia en Aristóteles (Spain, 2002), Método y ciencia en Aristóteles (Mexico, 2005), Los argumentos de Aristóteles (Spain, 2009), Felicidad, virtud, placer. Las vida buena según Aristóteles (Mexico, 2013), Felicidad y amistad en Aristóteles (Mexico, 2014), Para comprender el pensamiento de Carlos Llano (Mexico, 2014), Virtudes: la trama de la felicidad según Aristóteles (co-authored with Víctor Gómez, Mexico, 2019). He compiled the volumes Aristóteles y aristotélicos (together with Alberto Fonseca Mexico, 2002) and Metafísica, acción y voluntad: homenaje a Carlos Llano (together with Edgar Rodríguez Mexico, 2005).
In addition to his work as a researcher, Zagal develops an intense work of cultural dissemination through books, articles, radio, conferences and social networks. Since 2010, he has hosted the program "El Banquete del Dr. Zagal" on MVS Radio. He has published seven novels with Planeta, six of which are historical. Imperio, about Maximilian of Habsburg, was taken to the theater and has been performed since 2013 at the Chapultepec Castle in Mexico City.