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458Grossmann 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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453This article claims that communication within the same culture in the present and with the past and communication across cultures pose serious methodological challenges for philosophers. These challenges are particularly obvious when we engage in comparative philosophy between East and West. However, if (1) we understand philosophy as a discipline involved in problem solving, and (2) we use the Framework Approach advocated in this article, such communication does not seem impossible. Of course, …Read more
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423For many years I have maintained that I learned to philosophize by translating Francisco Suárez’s Metaphysical Disputation V from Latin into English. This surely is a claim that must sound extraordinary to the members of this audience or even to most twentieth century philosophers. Who reads Suárez these days? And what could I learn from a sixteenth century scholastic writer that would help me in the twentieth century? I would certainly be surprised if one were to find any references to some of …Read more
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214Racism has been the subject of considerable attention in recent years, and although many varieties of it have been identified and discussed, most of the discussions take insufficient account of the differences between the racial, ethnic, and national elements that play roles in it. Nonetheless, the talk of racism against members of ethnic and national groups is quite common and gives rise to misunderstandings and confusions about what racism is and the various forms it can take when these diffe…Read more
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190The transcendentals in the middle ages: An introductionTopoi 11 (2): 113-120. 1992.Although most predicates may be truthfully predicated of only some beings, there are others that seem to apply to every being. The latter, including being itself, were known as the transcendentals in the Middle Ages and gave rise to the much disputed doctrine of the transcendentals. This article explores the main tenets of the doctrine and the difficulties that they face, the reasons why scholastic authors were interested in these issues, and the origins of the doctrine.
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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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138Response to the critics of hispanic/latino identity: Tahafut al-tahafutPhilosophy and Social Criticism 27 (2): 51-75. 2001.
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134Categories and levels of realityAxiomathes 19 (2): 179-191. 2009.The discussion of the relation of levels of reality to categories is important because categories have often been interpreted as constituting levels of reality. This article explores whether this view is correct, and argues it is not. Categories as such should not be understood to constitute levels of reality, although particular categories may. The article begins with a discussion of levels of reality and then turns to specific questions about categories and how they are related to these levels…Read more
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125Borges's "Pierre menard": Philosophy or literature?Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 59 (1): 45-57. 2001.
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111Suárez 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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110Surviving 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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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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95Hispanic / Latino Identity: A Philosophical PerspectiveWiley-Blackwell. 1999.This volume provides a superb introduction to the philosophical, social, and political elements of Hispanic/Latino identity. It is an indispensable tool for anyone interested in issues that concern Hispanics/Latinos, social policy, and the history of thought and culture
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82Hispanic Philosophy: Its Beginning and Golden AgeReview of Metaphysics 46 (3). 1993.HISPANIC PHILOSOPHY. The notion of Hispanic philosophy is a useful one for trying to understand certain historical phenomena related to the philosophy developed in the Iberian peninsula, the Iberian colonies in the New World, and the countries that those colonies eventually came to form. It is useful for two reasons. First, it focuses attention on the close relations among the philosophers in these geographical areas; and second, other historical denominations and categorizations do not do justi…Read more
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71Suárez’s Conception of MetaphysicsAmerican Catholic Philosophical Quarterly 65 (3): 287-309. 1991.
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69Latin American philosophy for the 21st century: the human condition, values, and the search for identity (edited book)Prometheus Books. 2004.Twenty-two leading Latin American philosophers are featured in this complete anthology on the human condition, values, and the search for identity. Bibliography.
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67Surviving 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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62Surviving 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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60Philosophy in American Public LifeThe Proceedings of the Twentieth World Congress of Philosophy 11 129-140. 2001.My focus here is on two questions: Does philosophy have a place in contemporary American public life? and should philosophy have a place in American public life? Because my answer to the first question is negative, I also will discuss some of the reasons why I believe philosophy does not play a role in American public life. I suggest that philosophers have been excluded from the public conversation in part because the work of philosophy entails criticism and challenge—activities best accomplishe…Read more
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57The Ontological Status of CategoriesInternational Philosophical Quarterly 39 (3): 249-264. 1999.
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57Individuality: An Essay on the Foundations of MetaphysicsState University of New York Press. 1988.The author begins by distinguishing six fundamental issues on the metaphysics of individuality.
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55Race or Ethnicity?: On Black and Latino Identity (edited book)Cornell Univ Pr. 2007.And how are the answers to these questions affected by the Black and Latino experience in the United States"-From the Preface This collection of new essays explores the relation between race and ethnicity and its social and political ...
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53Individuation and Identity in Early Modern Philosophy: Descartes to Kant (edited book)State University of New York Press. 1994.This book is the first to concentrate on the problems of individuation and identity in early modern philosophy and to trace their philosophical development through the period in a coherent way.
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50Literary Philosophers: Borges, Calvino, Eco (edited book)Routledge. 2002.First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company
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