A Filosofia Latino-Americana e aquela Velha Senhora que nos ensinou a pensar

Abstract

The text proposes to dispel two harmful fictions that hinder the way we do Latin
American philosophy. The first of these fictions is the belief in the universality of philosophical
questions. To dismiss it, I make a brief excursion into the original propulsion of Western
philosophy in Ancient Greece. The second fiction concerns the mistaken belief about what Latin
American identity is. To clarify it, I explain the functioning of the non-dialectical cultural
mechanism of conjunction of differences that has characterized us. Finally, I draw attention to
the compromising significance of practicing philosophy based on these two nefarious fictions.