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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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13Individuation and the Realism/Nominalism Dilemma in advanceInternational Philosophical Quarterly. forthcoming.
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36Individuation and the Realism/Nominalism DilemmaInternational Philosophical Quarterly 61 (4): 371-386. 2021.After reviewing various formulations of the problems of universals and individuation, this essay considers the dialectic that informs the relationship between the two. This dialectic involves a distinction between a realist theory of universals that satisfies the requirements of science but fails to account for the non-instantiability of individuals and a nominalist theory of universals that fails to satisfy the requirements of science but accounts for the non-instantiability of individuals. Ina…Read more
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26Suárez’s Conception of MetaphysicsAmerican Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 65 (3): 287-309. 1991.
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1Suárez and Metaphysical MentalismAmerican Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 67 (3): 349-354. 1993.
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3Revelation, Interpretation, and RelativismAmerican Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 78 (3): 492-498. 2004.
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471Grossmann and the Ontological Status of CategoriesIn Javier Cumpa (ed.), Studies in the Ontology of Reinhardt Grossmann, De Gruyter. pp. 133-158. 2010.The task of this chapter is to investigate and assess Grossmann’s view of the ontological status of categories. It has two dimensions. Because Grossmann does not offer a full discussion of the ontology of categories, we first need to present an interpretation of his view. Our point of departure is Grossmann’s claim that a category is a fundamental property of being (which implies that he holds view 3 above). Our second task is to assess the adequacy of his view. We do this by raising some proble…Read more
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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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13Individuality, Life Plans, and Identity: Foundational Concepts in Appiah’s The Ethics of IdentityJournal of Social Philosophy 37 (2): 283-291. 2006.
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4Language Priority in the Education of Children: Pogge's Argument in Favor of English‐First for HispanicsJournal of Social Philosophy 35 (3): 420-431. 2004.
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8Ambrosio L. Gioja's "Ideas para una filosofia del derecho" (review)Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 35 (4): 598. 1975.
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9Numerical Continuity in Material SubstancesSouthwestern Journal of Philosophy 10 (2): 73-92. 1979.
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8Surviving Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality by Jorge J. E. Gracia; The Foundations of a Philosophy of Race, Ethnicity, and NationalityInternational Philosophical Quarterly 48 (2): 247-255. 2008.
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3The Interpretation of Revealed TextsProceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 72 1-19. 1998.
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4Does Philosophy Have a Role to Play in Contemporary Society?Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association 85 19-25. 2011.
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Areas of Specialization
Metaphysics |
Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy |
17th/18th Century Philosophy |
Areas of Interest
Metaphysics |
Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy |
Philosophy of the Americas |