Table of Contents.

Contributors.

Introduction.

Part I: Historical Perspectives.

1. Pre-Columbian Philosophies (James Maffie, Colorado State University).

2. The Rights of the American Indians (Bernardo J. Canteñs, Moravian College).

3. Colonial Thought (Luis Fernando Restrepo, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville).

4. The Emergence and Transformation of Positivism (Meri L. Clark, Western New England College).

5. Early Critics of Positivism (Oscar Martí, California State University, Northridge).

6. The Anti-Positivist Movement in Mexico (Guillermo Hurtado, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México).

7. Darwinism (Adriana Novoa, University of South Florida and Alex Levine, University of South Florida).

8. Krausism (Claus Dierksmeier, Stonehill College).

9. ‘Normal’ Philosophy (William Cooper, Baylor University).

10. Ortega y Gasset's Heritage in Latin America (Manuel Garrido, Retired).

11. Phenomenology (Nythamar de Oliveira, Pontifical Catholic University).

12. Marxism (Renzo Llorente, Saint Louis University, Madrid Campus).

13. Liberation Philosophy (David Ignatius Gandolfo, Furman University).

14. Analytic Philosophy (Diana I. Pérez, Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires and Gustavo Ortiz Millán, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México).

Part II: Current Issues.

15. Paraconsistent Logic (Newton da Costa,Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil and Otávio Bueno, University of Miami).

16. Language and Colonization (Ilan Stavans,Amherst College).

17. Ethnic-Group Terms (Susana Nuccetelli, St. Cloud State University and Rod Stewart, Austin College).

18. Identity and Philosophy (Jorge J. E. Gracia,University of Buffalo).

19. Latinos on Race and Ethnicity (Alcoff, Corlett, and Gracia (Lawrence Blum, University of Massachusetts, Boston).

20. Mestizaje and Hispanic Identity (Gregory Velazco y Trianosky, California State University, Northridge).

21. Liberation in Theology, Philosophy, and Pedagogy (Iván Márquez, Bentley University).

22. Philosophy, Postcoloniality, and Postmodernity (Ofelia Schutte, University of South Florida).

23. Globalization and Latin American Thought (A. Pablo Iannone, Central Connecticut State University).

Part III: Disciplinary Developments.

24. Latin American Philosophy (Susana Nuccetelli).

25. Contemporary Ethics and Political Philosophy (Eduardo Rivera-López, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella).

26. Philosophy of Science (Alberto Cordero, City University of New York).

27.PPhilosophy and Latin American Literature (Jesús Aguilar, Rochester Institute of Technology).

28. Feminist Philosophy (Ofelia Schutte, University of South Florida and María Luisa Femenías, Universidad Nacional de la Plata, Argentina).

29. Teaching Philosophy (María Cristina González, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina and Nora Stigol, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina).

30. Cultural Studies (Arturo Arias, University of Texas, Austin).

31. Deontic Logic and Legal Philosophy (Pablo Navarro, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahía Blanca, and Blas Pascal University, Argentina)

32. Metaphysics (Liza Skidelsky, Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires and National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), Argentina).

33. Epistemology (Eleonora Cresto,National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), Argentina).

34. Formal Epistemology and Logic (Horacio Arló-Costa, Carnegie Mellon University and Eduardo Fermé, University of Madeira, Portugal).

Part IV: Biographical Sketches.

35. Some Great Figures (Gregory D. Gilson, University of Texas-Pan American and Gregory Pappas, Texas A & M University).

36. From Philosophy to Physics and Back (Mario Bunge, McGill University, Canada).

Index.