Excerpt–Uranga
I’m done translating a text that I’ve always wanted to translate Emilio Uranga’s Analisis del ser del mexicano. There will no longer be an excuse to ignore this supremely important philosopher. […]
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Robert’s Interview with the APA Blog
Congratulations to Robert for his APA Blog interview. Check it out here!
Midnight Reflection or Notes on Teaching Mexican Philosophy in the US
Prelude: this is strictly my experience of teaching Mexican philosophy to graduate students at San Jose State University. While this experience can be generalized, I make no such claim. These […]
Translation: “The Mexican Idea of Death”
The Mexican Idea of Death* by Emilio Uranga ©1950 Original Translation by Carlos Alberto Sánchez ©2017** One of the more direct and immediate expressions of our style of life is […]
For Pioneers: Some Remarks on John H. Haddox (1929-2017)
It has been 10 years since the conference that celebrated John H. Haddox’s 50 years at UTEP and, ultimately, gave occasion to a volume of essays inspired by his work […]
A Quick Thought on Individualism (and Mexican Philosophy)
We read the last few lines of El Plan de Ayala: “no somos personalistas, somos partidarios de los principios y no de los hombres.” Here, more than anywhere else, we […]
The Curious Case of Maria Elvira Bermúdez
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 […]
In Memoriam: Richard Tieszen (1951-2017).
(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 […]
Let’s get back to this…
It has been a while since Robert or I posted anything on Mexican philosophy, and that’s not Mexican philosophy’s fault, since it is still there, waiting for our interventions, for our […]
Silence: Reflections on Unreasonable Themes (Part B of Part I)–Jorge Portilla
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. […]
