A Companion to Latin American Philosophy
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-4051-7979-9 (ISBN)
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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
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.
About the Editors viii
Contributors ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1
Part I Historical Perspectives 7
1 Pre-Columbian Philosophies 9
James Maffie
2 The Rights of the American Indians 23
Bernardo J. Canteñs
3 Colonial Thought 36
Luis Fernando Restrepo
4 The Emergence and Transformation of Positivism 53
Meri L. Clark
5 Early Critics of Positivism 68
Oscar R. Martí
6 The Anti-Positivist Movement in Mexico 82
Guillermo Hurtado
7 Darwinism 95
Adriana Novoa and Alex Levine
8 Krausism 110
Claus Dierksmeier
9 ‘Normal’ Philosophy 128
William F. Cooper
10 Ortega y Gasset’s Heritage in Latin America 142
Manuel Garrido
11 Phenomenology 156
Nythamar de Oliveira
12 Marxism 170
Renzo Llorente
13 Liberation Philosophy 185
David Ignatius Gandolfo
14 Analytic Philosophy 199
Diana I. Pérez and Gustavo Ortiz-Millán
Part II Current Issues 215
15 Paraconsistent Logic 217
Newton C. A. da Costa and Otávio Bueno
16 Language and Colonization 230
Ilan Stavans
17 Ethnic-Group Terms 241
Susana Nuccetelli and Roderick Stewart
18 Identity and Latin American Philosophy 253
Jorge J. E. Gracia
19 Latinos on Race and Ethnicity: Alcoff, Corlett, and Gracia 269
Lawrence Blum
20 Mestizaje and Hispanic Identity 283
Gregory Velazco y Trianosky
21 Liberation in Theology, Philosophy, and Pedagogy 297
Iván Márquez
22 Philosophy, Postcoloniality, and Postmodernity 312
Ofelia Schutte
23 Globalization and Latin American Thought 327
A. Pablo Iannone
Part III Disciplinary Developments 341
24 Latin American Philosophy 343
Susana Nuccetelli
25 Contemporary Ethics and Political Philosophy 357
Eduardo Rivera-López
26 Philosophy of Science 370
Alberto Cordero
27 Philosophy and Latin American Literature 383
Jesús H. Aguilar
28 Feminist Philosophy 397
Ofelia Schutte and María Luisa Femenías
29 Teaching Philosophy 412
María Cristina González and Nora Stigol
30 Cultural Studies 425
Arturo Arias
31 Deontic Logic and Legal Philosophy 439
Pablo Navarro
32 Metaphysics 454
Liza Skidelsky
33 Epistemology 468
Eleonora Cresto
34 Formal Epistemology and Logic 482
Horacio Arló-Costa and Eduardo Fermé
Part IV Biographical Sketches 497
35 Some Great Figures 499
Gregory D. Gilson and Gregory Fernando Pappas
36 From Philosophy to Physics, and Back 525
Mario Bunge
Index 540
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 4.12.2009 |
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| Reihe/Serie | Blackwell Companions to Philosophy |
| Verlagsort | Hoboken |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 180 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 1161 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4051-7979-1 / 1405179791 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4051-7979-9 / 9781405179799 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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