There were some previous discussions in this blog about the role of women philosophers in the period of philosophical history that we’ve been focusing on these past couple of years. It is […]

(Note: the following is not directly related to the theme of this blog, but it is directly related to me, to my work, and to what goes on here.) My […]

Of all the definitions of philosophy, I keep coming back to Rorty’s: philosophy, he says, is the transcendence of contingency. I like it because it’s short and to the point. […]

I know…you might be wondering: hey, where’s Section B of Part I? You promised something on Portilla! I’ll get to that in a bit. For now, enjoy this short reflection on Luis […]

I published an article for a special issue of the Italian on-line journal, Spazio Filosofico. Notable contributors to this special issue on Serieta are Susan Haack and Luciana Regina. My paper is […]

CAS In his “Palabra y silencio,” Ramón Xirau (b. 1924) asks as to the meaning of silence. His answer is that silence is the fundamental pre-condition of all speech. As […]