"Philosophy of Biology in Latin America"

LORENZANO, PABLO

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Stanford University

Lugar: Stanford; Año: 2023

1095-5054

This article provides an overview of the work done on three topics that are most characteristic of how philosophy of biology has developed in the subcontinent. The themes chosen are the analysis of the concept of race, the analysis of biological theories, and different ways of relating philosophy of biology with history of biology. The main focus is placed on contributions that thinkers living in Latin America have made to philosophy of biology, most of them born in the region. We will also review contributions made by Latin American thinkers working outside the region.