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APA Newsletters NEWSLETTER ON HISPANIC/LATINO ISSUES IN PHILOSOPHY Volume 07, Number 1 Fall 2007 FROM THE EDITOR, GREGORY D. GILSON FROM THE CHAIR, SUSANA NUCCETELLI ARTICLES AND SYLLABI SHERYL TUTTLE ROSS “Some Short Stories and Films for Teaching Latin American Philosophy” GREGORY D. GILSON “A Proposal to Aid Teaching Latin American Philosophy across the Philosophy Curriculum” CAROLINE S. MILES “Incorporating Latin American Women and Philosophy into Women’s Studies Courses in the United States” GREGORY FERNANDO PAPPAS “PHIL 283: Latin American Philosophy and Graduate Course in Hispanic Philosophy” OFELIA SCHUTTE “Philosophy 4930: Latin American Social Thought and Philosophy 6934: A Graduate Seminar in Contemporary Latin American Philosophy” SUSANNA NUCCETELLI “Philosophy 3380: Latin American Philosophy” © 2007 by The American Philosophical Association MARIO RAMOS-REYES “PHIL 200A/300A: Hispanic and Latin American Philosophy” GARY SEAY “Philosophy 2330: Introduction to Ethics” WILLIAM B. CARTER “History 2327: Mexican American History I” DANIKA BROWN “English 6322: Latin American Rhetorics” CALLS FOR MATERIALS APA NEWSLETTER ON Hispanic/Latino Issues in Philosophy Gregory D. Gilson, Editor Fall 2007 Volume 07, Number 1 book, Latin American Thought. Mario Ramos-Reyes provides ROM THE DITOR a syllabus for a course he taught at Washburn University. His F E course involves student discussion of important themes in Latin American philosophy, including the history and discipline of Latin American philosophy and the question of Latin American Gregory D. Gilson identity. The University of Texas–Pan American In addition to teaching material to be used in specifically designated Latin American philosophy courses, I received This special issue of the Newsletter on Hispanic/Latino Issues in some material that integrates Latin American philosophy into Philosophy is devoted to teaching Latin American philosophy. courses in other areas of philosophy. Gary Seay provides a The special issue is rich with teaching material such as course syllabus that incorporates Latin American philosophy into syllabi, bibliography, writing assignments, and text references. a typical Introduction to Ethics course. He starts with the It also contains presentations of pedagogy and enlightening presentation of standard ethical theory and then applies these reflections about teaching Latin American philosophy. Sheryl ethical theories to some contemporary moral controversies Ross contributes an article about the value of incorporating Latin in Latin American philosophy. Is liberal democracy best for American short stories and films into an introductory course Latin America? What is race and Latino identity? How is in Latin American philosophy. She also provides suggestions justice possible with the imbalance of poverty and wealth in concerning particular films to enhance specific issues in Latin Latin America? Is Machismo compatible with gender equality? American philosophy. I present a proposal for integrating William Carter offers a syllabus that integrates Latin American Latin American philosophy and philosophers more broadly philosophy into his Mexican American History course. The across the philosophy curriculum. Caroline Miles illustrates course examines the philosophical underpinning that led to some of the differences between Latin American feminisms and provided “justification” for the Spanish Conquest, the Texas and the feminisms typically taught in Women’s Studies and Revolution, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, and the U.S. Civil English courses in the U.S. She argues that these courses War. Danika Brown offers the syllabus and valuable bibliography would greatly benefit from inclusion of Latin American thought from a graduate rhetoric course she taught last spring in the and philosophy. Miles also supplies a sample syllabus, some English department. suggested writing assignments, and a bibliography. In addition to these articles, this special issue contains teaching material I would like to thank the APA Committee on Hispanic from some of the most prominent experts in the teaching and Issues in Philosophy for giving me the opportunity to edit this scholarship of Latin American philosophy. Gregory Fernando and the previous issue of the Newsletter. The Spring issue of the Pappas supplies both graduate and undergraduate syllabi for Newsletter is a Special Issue devoted to the topic of immigration, courses in Latin American philosophy. His undergraduate broadly construed. Please look at the end of this Newsletter course emphasizes contemporary thought, but also explores for a call for materials. The Fall 2008 issue will be co-edited historical philosophic analyses of the common Latin American by Bernado Cantens and myself. Bernie will then take over experience. Pappas’ graduate course in Latin American as the regular editor of the Newsletter. I have tried not to over philosophy is both historical and thematic, with an emphasis standardize the teaching material that appears in this issue. on twentieth-century Latin American philosophy. Ofelia Schutte Some of the syllabi specify evaluation criteria and exercises, has been teaching, researching, and publishing Latin American others do not. Some authors have written introductory philosophy for more than a quarter of a century. She provides the materials, others have not. The presentations of material syllabus and paper assignment of the course she taught in the vary widely in their style and content. Apart from removing spring of 2006 at the University of South Florida. The course is institutional specific information, I present the material much historical in progression, ending with issues of postmodernism, as it was submitted. feminism, and identity. Schutte also provides the syllabus for her upcoming graduate seminar in contemporary Latin American philosophy. She remarks that the soon to be regularly offered graduate seminar is a worthwhile addition to the inclusive REPORT FROM THE CHAIR approach to philosophic traditions at USF. Susana Nuccetelli contributes a syllabus that relies heavily on short historical texts of Latin American philosophy and a critical analysis of some of the philosophic issues raised by those texts. Her style of analysis Susana Nuccetelli makes these issues accessible to undergraduate students from St. Cloud State a variety of academic disciplines, and is particularly apt for During the academic year 2006-2007 our committee energetically typical undergraduate philosophy majors in U.S. colleges and planned and pursued a number of activities. These were universities. The approach is displayed at length in her 2002 — APA Newsletter, Fall 2007, Volume 07, Number 1 — designed to promote Latin American philosophy and to raise the profile of Hispanics and their rights in the profession. First, with RTICLES AND YLLABI the successful nomination of three new members, Jesus Aguilar, A S Sheri Tuttle-Ross, and Steve Tamelleo, we filled all vacancies in our committee. We also filled the position of newsletter editor, after appointing a subcommittee and agreeing with that Some Short Stories and Films for Teaching subcommittee’s recommendation on behalf of Bernie Cantens, Latin American Philosophy who has accepted the position. He is to co-edit the upcoming issue with our current interim editor, Greg Gilson, and then Sheryl Tuttle Ross assume full editorship of the Newsletter for a period of five years. University of Wisconsin–La Crosse Greg deserves our thanks for his high standards in his dedicated service to the Newsletter. Through his efforts and those of other Susana Nuccetelli and Gary Seay’s Latin American Philosophy: members, the Committee has gained considerable strength in An Introduction with Readings and Jorge Gracia and Elizabeth its internal organization this year. Millan-Zaibert’s Latin American Philosophy for the 21st Century: But we have also increased our external strength by The Human Condition, Values and the Search for Identity are having a relevant presence in all three Divisional meetings among the excellent textbooks available to introduce students 1 with successful special sessions organized at each of them. to Latin American philosophy. Both texts approach the subject These were devoted to philosophical topics of interest to through a historical lens. Nuccetelli and Seay begin with the Hispanic philosophers which also proved attractive to a more readings about pre-Columbian culture, then move to deal general audience. The presentations and discussions were with moral issues surrounding the colonial beginnings of Latin well attended. We continued to incorporate new speakers America; they include chapters that reveal critical traditions and and points of view in our sessions, as shown by the roundtable positivist thought as well as the issues of wealth and poverty, organized at the Pacific Division meeting that featured eight and end with contemporary debates about the nature of Latin papers on different issues and traditions, most of whose authors American identity. They describe their pedagogical aims as were presenting at an APA meeting for the first time. Yet the attempting “to offer a) representative topics, b) an approximate session had a very engaging audience, proceeded according outline of the history of ideas in Latin America, and c) original to schedule, and allowed for a generous discussion period. writings suitable for class discussion. …The chapters can be 2 All speakers in this session have recently been participants or read as a historical sequence.”