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110Suárez and the doctrine of the transcendentalsTopoi 11 (2): 121-133. 1992.This article discusses Suárez''s views concerning the transcendentals, that is, being and those attributes of it that extend to everything. In particular it explores Suárez''s notion of transcendentality and the way in which he conceived the transcendental attributes of being are related to it. It makes two claims: First, that Suárez has an intensional, rather than an extensional understanding of transcendentality; and, second, that Suárez''s understanding of truth and goodness, as expressing re…Read more
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David Wiggins: Sameness and Substance (review)Revista Latinoamericana de Filosofia 9 (1): 73. 1983.
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37What the Individual Adds to the Common Nature According to SuarezNew Scholasticism 53 (2): 221-233. 1979.
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3Race, ethnicity, and nationality in Hispanic American and Latino/a thoughtIn Forging People: Race, Ethnicity, and Nationality in Hispanic American and Latino/a Thought, University of Notre Dame Press. 2011.
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57The Ontological Status of CategoriesInternational Philosophical Quarterly 39 (3): 249-264. 1999.
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101The Hermeneutic Role of a Book Review: A Response to GloverThe Pluralist 8 (2): 113-116. 2013.The primary function of a book review is to articulate and present an understanding of the book's thesis and argument, and to make a judgment as to its value, so that readers will themselves understand and be guided by the understanding and judgment of the reviewer. Reviews are supposed to be interpretations created for the sake of a potential audience for a book. Unfortunately, most reviews fail to fulfill this function insofar as they merely paraphrase the text they are supposed to interpret, …Read more
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1Identity and philosophyIn Susana Nuccetelli, Ofelia Schutte & Otávio Bueno (eds.), A Companion to Latin American Philosophy, Wiley-blackwell. 2009.
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141A political argument in favor of ethnic names: Alcoff’s defense of ‘latino’Philosophy and Social Criticism 31 (4): 409-417. 2005.
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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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32Metaphysics and its Task: The Search for the Categorial Foundation of KnowledgeState University of New York Press. 1999.Systematically analyzes the nature of metaphysics
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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 |