Latin American Thought: Philosophical Problems and Arguments (Paperback)

Preface -- The Epistemic Practices of Latin American Indians: A Puzzle for Philosophers -- Could the Mayans Think? And What About Us? -- Native Folk Cosmologies Versus Western Philosophy and Science -- The Legacy of 1492: Pluralism, Relativism, and the Clash of Cultures -- Thomistic Philosophy and the Conquest: Human Rights in the New World -- Iberian Scholasticism and Its Critics: From Colonial Rule to Independence -- Latin Americans, North Americans, and the Rest of the World -- Latin American Identity: Ethnicity, Name, and Thought