Ebook: A Companion to Latin American Philosophy

Introduction -- Historical perspectives -- Pre-Columbian philosophies / James Maffie -- The rights of the American Indians / Bernardo J. Canteñs -- Colonial thought / Luis Fernando Restrepo -- The emergence and transformation of positivism / Meri L. Clark -- Early critics of positivism / Oscar Martí -- 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. Pérez and Gustavo Ortiz Millán -- Current issues -- Paraconsistent logic / Newton da Costa and Otávio 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 / Iván Márquez -- 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-López -- Philosophy of science / Alberto Cordero -- Philosophy and Latin American literature / Jesús Aguilar -- Feminist philosophy / Ofelia Schutte and María Luisa Femenías -- Teaching philosophy / María Cristina González 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 Arló-Costa and Eduardo Fermé -- Part IV: Biographical sketches -- Some great figures / Gregory D. Gilson and Gregory Pappas -- From philosophy to physics and back / Mario Bunge.