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| author |
Raymond A. Valenzuela
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The Emerging Concern for Transcendent Values in Spanish American Philosophy: A study based upon an examination of the works of the leading philosophers of Mexico, Cuba, and Argentina, from colonial days to the present; with special reference to the contemporary philosophies of Antonio Caso, Jose Vasconcelos, Alejandro Korn and Francisco Romero.
| | abstract |
[from the Introduction:] Authorities on Spanish American philosophy agree that no great original philosophy has yet appeared in Spanish America, comparable to the major systems of Western philosophy. Nevertheless, great progress has been made in philosophical studies. The period of purely slavish transmission of European philosophies is well past. Also past is the period characterized by the creative work of a few great pioneer thinkers, who, in the midst of other preoccupations, still found time to give themselves to philosophical reflection with a genuine sense of vocation. Today Spanish America is "philosophy conscious". The teaching of philosophy in a number of universities has been brought to a degree of academic quality equal to those of any other university in the Western World. In the words of Professor Francisco Romero, generally recognized as one of the leading authorities on contemporary Spanish American philosophy, philosophical reflection "has been normalized." Though no great original philosophy has yet been produced, excellent philosophy is being written, and there is today the kind of "philosophical climate" from which a great and significant philosophy may emerge.
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The Caspersen School of Graduate Studies, Drew University
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Ph.D. (1955)
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| full text | RValenzuela.pdf |
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