Manuel R. Vargas

Real Philosophy, Metaphilosophy, and Metametaphilosophy On the Plight of Latin American Philosophy

My aim here is to argue for the thesis that there are profound barriers to the systematic integration of Latin American philosophy with the mainstream of philosophy as practiced in the English-speaking world. In particular, I am concerned with a set of difficulties rooted in some elements of Latin American philosophy itself, apart from somewhat more familiar sociological barriers concerning language, intellectual pedigree, and so on (Gracia 2000, 159–92). My present focus is on hurdles rooted in the form and content of Latin American philosophical production. Th at is, I will focus on problems with the philosophical nature of Latin American philosophy. Th e eff ects of