On the Value of Philosophy
For my Introduction to Philosophy, which I’m completely revamping for my new gig at Occidental, I will be asking my students to write a short paper toward the end of […]
Volume 2 of Mexican Philosophy (Update)
Not too long ago, Carlos tweeted that we were going to start working on the second volume of our anthology. Even though we’ve been talking about it for a year […]
New Article: “Mexican Existentialist Ethics and Rodolfo Usigli’s El gesticulador”
The author of this amazing article is my good friend, Professor Stephanie Merrim from Brown University. The article appears in the current issue of Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos, vol. […]
NEW BOOK/NUEVO LIBRO
A new book by myself and Francisco Gallegos on Jorge Portilla is out on hardcover. The paperback should be coming out soon. Look for that.
SEP: “Philosophy in Mexico”
Recently, Guillermo Hurtado of the Instituto de Investigaciones Filosóficas at UNAM asked me to co-author the 2020 update of his 2016 entry “Philosophy in Mexico” for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. As some […]
Uranga On Method, II: The Ol' "Imperial Passion"
In “Notas para un estudio del mexicano,” Uranga introduces the worry that Mexican life and experience—i.e., lo mexicano—may somehow overwhelm its concept—i.e., “lo mexicano,” making it impossible for a “philosophy […]
Special Issue: Genealogy
I was fortunate enough to have edited a very special issue of the Journal Genealogy, titled “New Directions in Latinx/Latin American Philosophy.” Check it out here. Article and Contributors 1.”Gloria […]
Uranga’s Phenomenological Method in “Notas”–part 1
In “Notas para un estudio del mexicano,” Uranga makes a first effort at clarifying his methodological commitments. He writes in the first paragraph: After two months of daily lectures on […]
In Progress: “Uranga’s Phenomenological Appropriations”
Introduction Emilio Uranga’s (1921-1988) phenomenological method is informed by confrontations with Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger, and the French phenomenological tradition. With it, Uranga seeks to grasp the “essence” of Mexican […]
A New Chapter, Dos.
Although we’ve been gone for a bit, we continue the work of translation and of normalizing Mexican philosophy. In the past, this blog has served as a space to air […]
