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Cover Blackwell Companions to Philosophy Title page Copyright page About the Editors Contributors Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Historical Perspectives

1 Pre-Columbian Philosophies

Contact-Period Indigenous Andean Philosophy Contact-Era Aztec or Nahua Philosophy Conclusion

2 The Rights of the American Indians

Vitoria Las Casas

3 Colonial Thought

I. The Institutional History of Colonial Philosophy II. The Conquest of America: Some Epistemological and Ethical Questions III. Post Conquest Indigenous Perspectives IV. Creole Perspectives: Two Seventeenth-Century Intellectuals V. The American Experience of the Enlightenment Colophon

4 The Emergence and Transformation of Positivism

European Positivism through a Latin American Lens Latin American Positivism Latin American Positivism Compared The Legacy of Nineteenth-Century Positivism in Latin America

5 Early Critics of Positivism

European Positivism Latin American Positivism Martí Rodó Vaz Ferreira Ingenieros

6 The Anti-Positivist Movement in Mexico

1. The Origins of the Ateneo de la Juventud 2. The Lectures at the Ateneo de la Juventud 3. The Ateneo de la Juventud and the Mexican Revolution

7 Darwinism

Continuity and Discontinuity in Darwinism Darwinism in Latin America Spanish American Anti-Materialism The Materialism of Euclides da Cunha

8 Krausism

The Philosophical Context in Jena around 1800 A Metaphysics of Freedom Analytic and Synthetic Philosophy Metaphysics of Humanity Socioeconomic Philosophy The Natural World Harmonious Freedom Krause’s Philosophy in Spain Ideal de la humanidad (the ideal of humanity) Latin American Reception Conclusion

9 ‘Normal’ Philosophy

Alejandro Korn (1860–1936) Alejandro Octavio Deústua (1849–1945) Enrique Molina (1871–1964) José Gaos (1900–69) and José Ortega y Gasset (1883–1955) Leopoldo Zea (1912–2004) Samuel Ramos (1897–1959) Francisco Romero (1891–1962) Concluding Remarks

10 Ortega y Gasset’s Heritage in Latin America

I. Ortega’s Thought and the Spanish Philosophical Emigration to Latin America II. Ortega’s Influence in Latin America

11 Phenomenology

Introduction: From Continental Europe to Latin America The First Generation The Second Half of the Twentieth Century Conclusion

12 Marxism

I II III IV

13 Liberation Philosophy

Introduction Arturo Andrés Roig (b. 1922) Ignacio Ellacuría (1930–89) Ofelia Schutte (b. 1945) Conclusion

14 Analytic Philosophy

Introduction Argentina Mexico The Southern Cone The Northern Part of South America and Central America Conclusion

Part II: Current Issues

15 Paraconsistent Logic

Introduction Paraconsistent Logic and Latin America Thinking about Logic The Nature of Paraconsistent Logic A History of Paraconsistent Logic Philosophical Aspects of Paraconsistent Logic

16 Language and Colonization 17 Ethnic-Group Terms

Names or Predicates? The Semantics of Ethnic-Group Terms Nihilism about Ethnic-Group Terms The Political Pragmatics of Ethnic-Group Terms

18 Identity and Latin American Philosophy

Identity Identity of Latin American Philosophy Four Approaches History of the Controversy Conclusion

19 Latinos on Race and Ethnicity: Alcoff, Corlett, and Gracia

Corlett Gracia Alcoff

20 Mestizaje and Hispanic Identity

Vasconcelos and Essentialist Conceptions of Mestizaje Gloria Anzaldúa: The New Mestizaje María Lugones: Mestizaje and Hybridity The New Mestizaje and Race Mestizaje and Pan-Hispanic Identity

21 Liberation in Theology, Philosophy, and Pedagogy

Liberation Theology Philosophy of Liberation Pedagogy of the Oppressed Conclusion

22 Philosophy, Postcoloniality, and Postmodernity

Latin American Subaltern Studies Post-Occidentalism and Border Gnosis Cultural Criticism Concluding Thoughts

23 Globalization and Latin American Thought

Philosophical and Scientific Approaches to Globalization in Latin America and Abroad The Philosophy of Liberation, Globalization, and Oppression The Philosophy of Liberation, Globalization, and Interculturalism Globalization, Philosophy, the Other Humanities, and the Sciences in Latin America A Working Characterization of Globalization Amazonian Development and Its Socio-Ecological Consequences Dealing with Globalization Issues in Latin America Virtues and Limits of Legislation Beyond Tunnel-Vision Approaches Civic Sector Partnerships

Part III: Disciplinary Developments

24 Latin American Philosophy

1. The Question of Whether There Is a Latin American Philosophy 2. Is There Philosophy in Latin America?

25 Contemporary Ethics and Political Philosophy

Metaethics: The Foundations of Moral Values and Norms Normative Principles: Human Rights and Democracy Applications: Bioethics and Multiculturalism Conclusion

26 Philosophy of Science

1. Introduction 2. Argentina 3. Mexico 4. Brazil 5. Chile and Puerto Rico 6. Peru 7. Other Centers 8. Concluding Remarks

27 Philosophy and Latin American Literature

Metaphysics and Epistemology Ethics and Politics Aesthetic Worldviews

28 Feminist Philosophy

Feminist Philosophy in a Historical Context Feminist Perspectives in Philosophy Feminist Methodologies: Key Issues New Orientations

29 Teaching Philosophy

1. Teaching Philosophy as an Academic Field 2. Conceptions of philosophy 3. Teaching Philosophy as Teaching a “Know How” 4. The Status of the Profession in Latin America 5. Some Models for Teaching Philosophy 6. Consequences of the Defense of the Critical Model

30 Cultural Studies 31 Deontic Logic and Legal Philosophy

I. Introduction II. On Law and Morality III. Legal Rights and Legal Principles IV. Law and Legal Systems V. Deontic Logic and Legal Philosophy VI. Philosophical Doctrines in Latin America VII. Conclusion

32 Metaphysics

Metaphysical Approaches Metaphysical Problems

33 Epistemology

I. Introduction II. Porchat Pereira and the Neo-Pyrrhonian School III. Knowledge and Skepticism: The Legacy of Ezequiel de Olaso IV. Luis Villoro and the Beginnings of Systematic Studies in Analytic Epistemology V. Current Analytic Epistemology in Latin America Acknowledgments

34 Formal Epistemology and Logic

Belief Revision in Latin America: The Legacy of Carlos Alchourrón The AGM Approach The Logic of Theory Change and Epistemology What Is an Epistemic State? Departures from AGM

Part IV: Biographical Sketches

35 Some Great Figures

Acosta, José de (1539–1600) Alberdi, Juan Bautista (1810–84) Bello, Andrés (1781–1865) Bilbao, Francisco (1823–65) Bolívar, Simón (1783–1830) Casas, Bartolomé de las (1484–1566) Caso, Antonio (1883–1946) Cruz, Sor Juana Inés de la (1651–95) da Costa, Newton Carneiro Affonso (b. 1929) Dussel, Enrique (b. 1934) Frondizi, Risieri (1910–83) Gaos, José (1900–69) González Prada, Manuel (1848–1918) Gracia, Jorge J. E. (b. 1942) Haya de la Torre, Victor Raúl (1895–1979) Hostos, Eugenio María de (1839–1903) Ingenieros, José (1877–1925) Korn, Alejandro (1860–1936) Lastarria, José Victorino (1817–88) Lemos, Miguel (1854–1917) Mariátegui, José Carlos (1895–1930) Martí, José (1853–95) Méndez Sierra, Justo (1848–1912) Mora, José María Luis (1794–1850) Miró Quesada, Francisco (b. 1918) Rabossi, Eduardo (1930–2005) Ramos, Samuel (1897–1959) Rodó, José Enrique (1872–1917) Romero, Francisco (1891–1962) Sahagún, Fray Bernardino de (1499–1590) Salazar Bondy, Augusto (1925–74) Sarmiento, Domingo Faustino (1811–88) Ofelia Schutte (b. 1945) Sepúlveda, Juan Ginés de (ca. 1494–1573) Torretti, Roberto (b. 1930) Vasconcelos, José (1882–1959) Vaz Ferreira, Carlos (1872–1958) Villoro, Luis (b. 1922) Vitoria, Francisco de (ca. 1483–1546) Zea Aguilar, Leopoldo (1912–2004) Acknowledgment

36 From Philosophy to Physics, and Back

1. Milieu 2. Philosophy or Physics? 3. Apprenticeship 4. Starting Research and Minerva 5. From Physics to Philosophy 6. Causality and Levels 7. Teaching Acknowledgment Books by Mario Bunge

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