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17Propositions as premises of syllogisms in medieval logicNotre Dame Journal of Formal Logic 16 (4): 545-547. 1975.
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17Philosophy in American Life: "De Facto" and "De Jure"Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association 72 (5). 1999.Recent discussions of this issue have centered on the definition of the of philosophy in American public life and the ways of increasing philosophy's influence in the public arena.' This emphasis is prompted by the fact philosophers are worried about the future of the profession. After a tremendous expansion in the sixties, there has been a steady decline in the number college-teaching positions open to newly graduated philosophers. The market is bloated and Ph.D.'s in philosophy have increasi…Read more
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16Latinos in America: Philosophy and Social IdentityWiley-Blackwell. 2008.A first-of-its-kind book that seriously and profoundly examines what it means philosophically to be Latino and where Latinos fit in American society. Offers a fresh perspective and clearer understanding of Latin American thought and culture, rejecting answers based on stereotypes and fear Takes an interdisciplinary approach to the philosophical, social, and political elements of Hispanic/Latino identity, touching upon anthropology, history, cultural studies and sociology, as well as philosophy W…Read more
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16Affirmative Action: Meaning and JustificationIn Latinos in America, Blackwell. 2008.This chapter contains section titled: Who Counts as Latino? What Are the Aims of Affirmative Action? Why Should There Be Affirmative Action for Latinos? Affirmative Action for Latinos.
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16Texts: Ontological Status, Identity, Author, AudienceState University of New York Press. 1996.Provides an ontological characterization of texts, explores the issues raised by the identity of various texts, and presents a view of the function of authors and audiences, and of their relations to texts
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15Rationality and Happiness: From the Ancients to the Early MedievalsBoydell & Brewer. 2003.This volume explores the relationship between rationality and happiness from ancient Greek philosophy to early Latin medieval philosophy. What connection is there between human rationality and happiness? This issue was uppermost in the minds of the Ancient Greek philosophers and continued to be of importance during the entire early medieval period. Starting with theSocrates of Plato's early dialogues, who is regarded as having initiated the eudaimonistic ethical tradition, the present volume loo…Read more
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15Ontological characterization of the relation between man and created nature in eriugenaJournal of the History of Philosophy 16 (2): 155-166. 1978.
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15The Nature of Ethnicity with Special Reference to Hispanic/Latino IdentityPublic Affairs Quarterly 13 (1): 25-43. 1999.
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15The Interpretation of Revealed TextsProceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 72 1-19. 1998.
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15The Fundamental Character of MetaphysicsAmerican Philosophical Quarterly 51 (4): 305-318. 2014.The claim that metaphysics is fundamental has frequently been voiced in the history of the discipline. However, the usual ways in which this claim is justified do not appear to be effective. This article aims to fill this gap in meta-metaphysical theory by providing a credible justification of the fundamentality of metaphysics in two steps. The first consists in establishing a set of five conditions of fundamentality for the discipline. The second consists in showing that these conditions are sa…Read more
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14Painting Borges: Philosophy Interpreting Art Interpreting LiteratureState University of New York Press. 2012.A provocative examination of the artistic interpretation of twelve of Borges’s most famous stories
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14How Can We Know What God Means? The Interpretation of ReligionPalgrave. 2001.Explains the general conditions under which one can understand what God means through texts regarded as divinely revealed.
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13George F. Hourani 1913 - 1984Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association 58 (2). 1984.
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13Modern Challenges to Past Philosophy: Arguments and Responses. By Thomas D. Sullivan and Russell PannierAmerican Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 89 (4): 745-748. 2015.
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12Importance of the History of Ideas in Latin America: Zea's Positivism in MexicoThe Impact of Metaphysics on Latin American IdeologyJournal of the History of Ideas 36 (1): 177. 1975.
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12Individuation and the Realism/Nominalism Dilemma in advanceInternational Philosophical Quarterly. forthcoming.
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12Risieri Frondizi 1910 - 1983Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association 56 (5). 1983.
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12Surviving Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality: A Challenge for the 21st CenturyRowman & Littlefield Publishers. 2005.Surviving Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality is the first book of philosophy that explores race, ethnicity, and nationality together and attempts to present a systematic and unified theory about them with particular emphasis on the metaphysical and epistemological issues that these phenomena raise
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11Latin American Perspectives on Globalization: Ethics, Politics, and Alternative Visions (edited book)Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 2002.From the most prominent thinkers in Latin American philosophy, literature, politics, and social science comes a challenge to conventional theories of globalization. The contributors to this volume imagine a discourse in which revolution requires no temporalized march of progress or takeovers of state power but instead aims at local control and the material conditions for human dignity.
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10El Hombre y los valores en la filosofía latinoamericana del siglo XX: antología (edited book)Ediciones F.C.E.. 1975.
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10Philosophy and Literature in Latin America presents a unique and original view of the current state of development in Latin America of two disciplines that are at the core of the humanities. Divided into two parts, each section explores the contributions of distinguished American and Latin American experts and authors. The section on literature includes the literary activities of Latin Americans working in the United States, an area in which very little research has been demonstrated and, for th…Read more
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10Philosophy and the Interpretation of Pop Culture (edited book)Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 2006.Comprised of thirteen articles by well-known authors, this book makes the case to philosophers that popular culture is worthy of their attention. Issues of concern include the distinction between high culture and popular culture, the aesthetic and moral value of popular culture, allusion and identification in popular culture, and special problems posed by the interpretation of popular culture. Popular art forms considered include: movies, television shows, comic books, children's stories, photog…Read more
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9With a diamond in my shoe: a philosopher's search for identity in AmericaState University of New York Press. 2019.In 1961, at the age of nineteen, Jorge J. E. Gracia escaped from the island of Cuba by passing himself off as a Catholic seminarian. He arrived in the United States with just a few spare belongings and his mother's diamond ring secured in a hole in one of his shoes. With a Diamond in My Shoe tells the story of Gracia's quest for identity--from his early years in Cuba and as a refugee in Miami to his formative role in institutionalizing the field of Latin American philosophy in the US academy. Co…Read more
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Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy |
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Metaphysics |
Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy |
Philosophy of the Americas |