A companion to Latin American philosophy [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Susana Nuccetelli, Ofelia Schutte, and Otávio Bueno

• Pubblicazione: Chichester, U.K. ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (571 p.)
• Disciplina: 199.8
• Soggetto topico: Philosophy, Latin American; Philosophy - Latin America
• Altri autori: NuccetelliSusana SchutteOfelia BuenoOtávio
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: A Companion to LatinAmerican Philosophy; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I Historical Perspectives; 1 Pre-Columbian Philosophies; 2 The Rights of the American Indians; 3 Colonial Thought; 4 The Emergence and Transformation of Positivism; 5 Early Critics of Positivism; 6 The Anti-Positivist Movement in Mexico; 7 Darwinism; 8 Krausism; 9 'Normal' Philosophy; 10 Ortega y Gasset's Heritage in Latin America; 11 Phenomenology; 12 Marxism; 13 Liberation Philosophy; 14 Analytic Philosophy; Part II Current Issues; 15 Paraconsistent Logic; 16 Language and Colonization ; 17 Ethnic-Group Terms18 Identity and Latin American Philosophy; 19 Latinos on Race and Ethnicity:Alcoff, Corlett, and Gracia; 20 Mestizaje and Hispanic Identity; 21 Liberation in Theology, Philosophy,and Pedagogy; 22 Philosophy, Postcoloniality,and Postmodernity; 23 Globalization and Latin American Thought; Part III Disciplinary Developments; 24 Latin American Philosophy; 25 Contemporary Ethics andPolitical Philosophy; 26 Philosophy of Science; 27 Philosophy and Latin American Literature; 28 Feminist Philosophy; 29 Teaching Philosophy; 30 Cultural Studies ; 31 Deontic Logic and Legal Philosophy32 Metaphysics; 33 Epistemology; 34 Formal Epistemology and Logic; Part IV Biographical Sketches; 35 Some Great Figures; 36 From Philosophy to Physics, and Back; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 todayComprises a specially commissioned collection of essays, many of them written by Latin American authorsExamines the history of Latin American philosophy and its current issues, traces the development of the discipline, and offers biographical sketches of key Latin American thinkersShowcases the dive
• Titolo autorizzato: A companion to Latin American philosophy
• ISBN: 1-78268-472-7; 1-283-20470-3; 9786613204707; 1-4051-9707-2; 1-4443-1484-X; 1-4443-1485-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910830658303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Blackwell companions to philosophy.