A Companion to Latin American Philosophy

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Edition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2009-12-14
Publisher(s): Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

This comprehensive collection of original essays written by an international group of scholars addresses the central themes in Latin American philosophy. Represents the most comprehensive survey of historical and contemporary Latin American philosophy available today Comprises a specially commissioned collection of essays, many of them written by Latin American authors Examines the history of Latin American philosophy and its current issues, traces the development of the discipline, and offers biographical sketches of key Latin American thinkers Showcases the diversity of approaches, issues, and styles that characterize the field

Author Biography

Susana Nuccetelli is Professor of Philosophy at St. Cloud State University, Minnesota. Her articles on Latin American philosophy, ethics, epistemology, and philosophy of language have appeared in Analysis, Metaphilosophy, Inquiry, and other journals. She is editor of New Essays on Semantic Externalism and Self-Knowledge (2003), co-editor of Themes from G. E. Moore (2007) and Philosophy of Language: The Central Topics (2008), and single author of Latin American Thought: Philosophical Problems and Arguments (2002).

Ofelia Schutte is Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Florida, Tampa. She is the author of Cultural Identity and Social Liberation in Latin American Thought (1993), Beyond Nihilism: Nietzsche without Masks (1984), and numerous articles on feminist theory, Latin American thought, and continental philosophy. A former Fulbright Senior Research Fellow to Mexico, her work has appeared in Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, Journal of Social Philosophy, Philosophy Today, and The Philosophical Forum, among other journals and edited collections.

Otávio Bueno is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Miami, Florida. His work in philosophy of science, philosophy of mathematics and philosophy of logic has been published in Noûs, Mind, Philosophy of Science, Synthese, Journal of Philosophical Logic, British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, Erkenntnis, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, and Analysis, among other journals and collections. He is a subject area co-editor in Latin American and Iberian Philosophy for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

Table of Contents

Contributorsp. ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Introductionp. 1
Historical Perspectivesp. 7
Pre-Columbian Philosophiesp. 9
p. 23
Colonial Thoughtp. 36
The Emergence and Transformation of Positivismp. 53
Early Critics of Positivismp. 68
The Anti-Positivist Movement in Mexicop. 82
Darwinismp. 95
Krausism Claus Dierksmeierp. 110
'Normal' Philosophyp. 128
Ortega y Gasset's Heritage in Latin Americap. 142
Phenomenologyp. 156
Marxismp. 170
Liberation Philosophyp. 185
Analytic Philosophyp. 199
Current Issuesp. 215
Paraconsistent Logicp. 217
Language and Colonizationp. 230
Ethnic-Group Termsp. 241
Identity and Latin American Philosophyp. 253
Latinos on Race and Ethnicity: Alcoff, Corlett, and Graciap. 269
Mestizaje and Hispanic Identityp. 283
Liberation in Theology, Philosophy, and Pedagogyp. 297
Philosophy, Postcoloniality, and Postmodernityp. 312
Globalization and Latin American Thoughtp. 327
Disciplinary Developmentsp. 341
Latin American Philosophyp. 343
Contemporary Ethics and Political Philosophyp. 357
Philosophy of Sciencep. 370
Philosophy and Latin American Literaturep. 383
Feminist Philosophyp. 397
Teaching Philosophyp. 412
Cultural Studiesp. 425
Deontic Logic and Legal Philosophyp. 439
Metaphysicsp. 454
Epistemologyp. 468
Formal Epistemology and Logicp. 482
Biographical Sketchesp. 497
Some Great Figuresp. 499
From Philosophy to Physics, and Backp. 525
Indexp. 540
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