Journals & Educational Resources
APA Studies on Hispanic/Latino
APA Studies on Hispanic/Latino Philosophy is a program within the American Philosophical Association dedicated to advancing research, discussion, and visibility of Hispanic and Latino/a philosophers. It provides a platform for exploring diverse philosophical traditions, including Mexican American, Latin American, and Caribbean thought, while addressing issues of identity, social justice, migration, and decolonization. Through publications, conferences, and community engagement, this initiative fosters collaboration and amplifies voices that have historically been underrepresented in mainstream philosophy.
Radical Philosophy Review
Radical Philosophy Review provides an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed forum for activist scholars, community activists, and artists to explore concepts central to the humanistic transformation of society. It features original articles, special discussions, and reviews that will interest those who share the view that society should be built on cooperation rather than competition, and that social decision-making should be governed by democratic procedures.
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Latin American Philosophy
This article outlines the history of Latin American philosophy: the thinking of its indigenous peoples, the debates over conquest and colonization, the arguments for national independence in the eighteenth century, the challenges of nation-building and modernization in the nineteenth century, the concerns over various forms of development in the twentieth century, and the diverse interests in Latin American philosophy during the opening decades of the twenty-first century. Rather than attempt to provide an exhaustive and impossibly long list of scholars’ names and dates, this article outlines the history of Latin American philosophy while trying to provide a meaningful sense of detail by focusing briefly on individual thinkers whose work points to broader philosophical trends that are inevitably more complex and diverse than any encyclopedic treatment can hope to capture.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Latin American Philosophy
In its most expansive sense, Latin American philosophy is philosophy produced in Latin America or philosophy produced by persons of Latin American ancestry who reside outside of Latin America. It is typically taken to exclude philosophy produced in non-Iberian former colonies, with the occasional exception of former French colonies in the Caribbean. Other names have also been used to refer to the whole or part of Latin American philosophy, including Spanish American, Hispanic American, Iberoamerican, and Latino/a philosophy. The first two refer specifically to the philosophy of former Spanish colonies, the third to that of former Iberian colonies, and the fourth to the philosophy produced in the United States by descendants of Latin Americans.
U.S.-Mexico Border Feminist Philosophy Syllabus
I am a tenured professor of philosophy at El Paso Community College. In 2023, I was invited to teach a Feminist Philosophy course at the University of Texas at El Paso. With full pedagogical freedom to design the curriculum and choose the course’s focus, I seized the opportunity to create an innovative and impactful class that focused on the U.S.-Mexico border. I designed this course to be the one I wish I had taken as a philosophy student, blending rigorous academic inquiry with a transformative approach to feminist philosophy.
APA on Demand: Mexican American Philosophy Webinar
Hosted by the APA Committee on Hispanics/Latinxs, this panel addressed the epistemic value of social identity by engaging Latin American, Mexican, and Mexican-American philosophy. Through the discussion, members of the Society of Mexican American Philosophy (SMAP) shared some of the multidimensional work currently being done in this area of thought, including its history, pedagogical components, and current applications within the broader community.
Philosophy Talk: Latin American Philosophy
It's National Hispanic Heritage Month, and this week on the program we'll be tackling Latin-American Philosophy. By Latin America we mean all the Spanish and Portuguese speaking parts of the Americas, including Mexico. We’ll just say American philosophy when we mean the U.S. and Canada, and apologize in advance for the somewhat arrogant terminology. All philosophy in the Americas can be divided in two: that connected with the native American cultures that were here before Columbus, and what developed from the 16th century on. There’s a lot of rethinking going on about every aspect of pre-Columbian America: the population of the continent, and the complexity and sophistication of the cultures. But we’ll concentrate mainly on the later, post-Columbian period.
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