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A companion to Latin American philosophy, edited by Susana Nuccetelli, Ofelia Schutte, and Otavio Bueno

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

no index present

non fiction

A companion to Latin American philosophy

edited by Susana Nuccetelli, Ofelia Schutte, and Otavio Bueno

Blackwell companions to philosophy

Review: "A Companion to Latin American Philosophy presents a comprehensive collection of original essays addressing the central themes in Latin American philosophy. Contributed by a distinguished team of scholars, many of them Latin American, the essays discuss and analyze the diversity and multifaceted nature of philosophical thought emerging from Latin America. Addressing both analytical and continental traditions, the Companion explores 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. Themes and topics discussed include the nature of philosophy, justice, human rights, and cultural identity. Taken together, the essays provide rich insights into Latin American philosophical thought as it developed from pre-Columbian societies through the colonial era and up to the present day. Comprised of an outstanding compilation of current thinking on central issues and arguments, A Companion to Latin American Philosophy provides English-speaking readers with an illuminating portrait of Latin America's rich and rigorous tradition of creative philosophical thought."--Page 4 of cover

Introduction -- Historical perspectives -- Pre-Columbian philosophies / James Maffie -- The rights of the American Indians / Bernardo J. Cantens. Colonial thought / Luis Fernando Restrepo -- The emergence and transformation of positivism / Meri L. Clark -- Early critics of positivism / Oscar Marti. The anti-positivist movement in Mexico / Guillermo Hurtado -- Darwinism / Adriana Novoa and Alex Levine -- Krausism / Claus Dierksmeier -- "Normal philosophy" / William Cooper -- Ortega y Gasset's heritage in Latin America / Manuel Garrido -- Phenomenology / Nythamar de Oliveira -- Marxism / Renzo Llorente -- Liberation philosophy / David Ignatius Gandolfo -- Analytic philosophy / Diana I. Perez and Gustavo Ortiz Millan. Current issues -- Paraconsistent logic / Newton da Costa and Otavio Bueno -- Language and colonization / Ilan Stavans -- Ethnic-group terms / Susana Nuccetelli and Rod Stewart -- Identity and Latin American philosophy / Jorge Gracia --^Latinos on race and ethnicity : Alcoff, Corlett, and Gracia / Lawrence Blum -- Mestizaje and Hispanic identity / Gregory Velazco y Trianosky -- Liberation in theology, philosophy, and pedagogy / Ivan Marquez -- Philosophy, postcoloniality, and postmodernity / Ofelia Schutte -- Globalization and Latin American thought / A. Pablo Iannone -- Part III: Disciplinary developments -- Latin American philosophy / Susana Nuccetelli -- Contemporary ethics and political philosophy / Eduardo Rivera-Lopez -- Philosophy of science / Alberto Cordero -- Philosophy and Latin American literature / Jesus Aguilar -- Feminist philosophy / Ofelia Schutte and Maria Luisa Femenias -- Teaching philosophy / Maria Cristina Gonzalez and Nora Stigol -- Cultural studies / Arturo Arias -- Deontic logic and legal philosophy / Pablo Navarro -- Metaphysics / Liza Skidelsky -- Epistemology / Eleonora Cresto --^Formal epistemology and logic / Horacio Arlo-Costa and Eduardo Ferme. Part IV: Biographical sketches -- Some great figures / Gregory D. Gilson and Gregory Pappas -- From philosophy to physics and back / Mario Bunge