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Latin American Philosophy and the Place of Alejandro Korn

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

W. J. Kilgore
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The development of philosophical ideas in Latin America has tended to reflect the major philosophical thought in Europe. There probably has been greater interest in philosophical ideas in Latin America than in the United States. In many instances, this interest has manifested itself not in the creative development of the content of philosophy but rather in the support which philosophical positions could provide proponents of the status quo or reformers with a basis for justification of social, political, educational, economic or religious programs.

There has developed in many Latin American countries during this century an increasing number of works which are concerned with the theoretical aspect of philosophy.

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Research Article
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Journal of Inter-American Studies , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , January 1960 , pp. 77 - 82
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Copyright © University of Miami 1960

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References

1 This article is an adaptation of materials presented as a dissertation in the Department of Philosophy, University of Texas.

2 The March, 1956, issue of Cursos y Conferencias, Vol. XLVIII, pp. 5-151, has an excellent presentation of different philosophical movements in Mexico, Uruguay, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, and Cuba. Other excellent sources include the following articles. Risieri Frondiri, “Panorama de la filosofía latinoamericana contemporánea,” Minerva, Vol. I, July-August, 1944, pp. 95-122; Luis Recasens Siches, “El pensamiento filosófico, social, político y jurídico en Hispanoamérica,” Revista Mexicana de Sociología, Vol. VI, No. 1, January-April, 1944, pp. 85-125; No. 2, May-August, 1944, pp. 225-245; Francisco Romero, “Latin America's Twentieth Century Sages,” Americas, Vol. Ill, February, 1951, pp. 17-19, 46-47. The books in English which develop phases of thought in Latin America are Aníbal Sánchez Reulet (ed.), Contemporary Latin American Philosophy, trans., Willard R. Trask, University of New Mexico (cb) Press, 1954; Patrick Romanell, The Making of the Mexican Mind, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, 1952; and William Rex Crawford, A Century of Latin American Thought, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1944.

3 See Francisco Romero, Sobre la filosofía en América, Editorial Raigal, Buenos Aires, 1952, p. 18.

4 “La filosofía americana,” Cursos y Conferencias, Vol. XLIII, April-June, 1953, 1 p. 11. Cf. Edgar S. Brightman, ¿Qué puede hacerse por el adelanto de la filosofía 1 en Latinoamérica Minerva, Vol. I, September-October, 1944, pp. 284-286.

5 Sapientia, Vol. XI, No. 39-40, La Plata, pp. 9-35 has a Curriculum Vitae of Derisi which includes a list of 313 articles, works, and reviews which he has published.

6 See Eugenio Puciarelli, “Alejandro Korn, maestro de saber y de virtud,” Cursos y Conferencias, Vol. X, December 1937, p. 1086. Francisco Romero, Alejandro Korn, filósofo de la libertad, Editorial Reconstruir, Buenos Aires, 1958, pp. 21, 25, 52.

7 Alejandro Korn, “Incipit vita nova,” Obras completas, Editorial Claridad, Buenos Aires, 1949, p. 212.

8 Alejandro Kom, “Del mundo de las ideas,” 1923, Obras completas, p. 508.