A Companion to Latin American Philosophy

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Susana Nuccetelli, Ofelia Schutte, Otávio Bueno
John Wiley & Sons, Mar 5, 2013 - Philosophy - 576 pages
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
 

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Contents

PreColumbian Philosophies
9
The Rights of the American Indians
23
Colonial Thought
36
The Emergence and Transformation of Positivism
53
Early Critics of Positivism
68
The AntiPositivist Movement in Mexico
82
Darwinism
95
Krausism
110
Liberation in Theology Philosophy and Pedagogy
297
Philosophy Postcoloniality and Postmodernity
312
Globalization and Latin American Thought
327
Latin American Philosophy
343
Contemporary Ethics and Political Philosophy
357
Philosophy of Science
370
Philosophy and Latin American Literature
383
Feminist Philosophy
397

Normal Philosophy
128
Ortega y Gassets Heritage in Latin America
142
Phenomenology
156
Marxism
170
Liberation Philosophy
185
Analytic Philosophy
199
Current Issues
215
Language and Colonization
230
Identity and Latin American Philosophy
253
Alcoff Corlett and Gracia
269
Mestizaje and Hispanic Identity
283
Teaching Philosophy
412
Cultural Studies
425
Deontic Logic and Legal Philosophy
439
Metaphysics
454
Epistemology
468
Formal Epistemology and Logic
482
Biographical Sketches 497
499
From Philosophy to Physics and Back
525
Index
540
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About the author (2013)

Susana Nuccetelli is Professor of Philosophy at St. Cloud State University, Minnesota.

Ofelia Schutte is Professor of Philosophy Emerita at the University of South Florida, Tampa.

Otávio Bueno is Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Philosophy Department at the University of Miami, Florida.

Bibliographic information

TitleA Companion to Latin American Philosophy
Blackwell Companions to Philosophy
EditorsSusana Nuccetelli, Ofelia Schutte, Otávio Bueno
Editionreprint
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons, 2013
ISBN1118610563, 9781118610565
Length576 pages
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