Abstract
Attention to the details of putatively obvious examples of philosophy-as-worldview within Latin America give us reasons to be skeptical about the taxonomy that gives us the category of philosophy-as-worldview. Among the examples that suggest difficulties for this way of thinking about the philosophical enterprise are 19th century Mexican ethnolinguistics, contemporary efforts to reconstruct historical and contemporary Indigenous thought, and 20th century efforts to articulate regional ontologies within Latin America. However, reflection on these cases also point to a different project worth considering, namely, a taxonomy of wisdom- and knowledge-focused practices that might allow a different way of drawing distinctions between kinds of “philosophies”.
Recommended Citation
VARGAS, Manuel
(2022)
"Comparative What? Latin American Challenges to Philosophy-as-Worldview,"
Comparative Philosophy: Vol. 13:
Iss.
2, Article 10.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/comparativephilosophy/vol13/iss2/10
Included in
Comparative Philosophy Commons, Ethnic Studies Commons, History of Philosophy Commons, Latina/o Studies Commons, Other Philosophy Commons
