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Philosophy of Mind in Latin America

André Leclerc

Rudn Journal of Philosophy October 2, 2025 DOI: 10.22363/2313-2302-2025-29-3-775-794 (opens in new tab)

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Characteristics Review Peer reviewed
Topics Philosophy of mind
Keywords Analytic philosophy Intentionality Consciousness Perception Emotion Naturalism
Key findings Latin American philosophers have produced significant work across major themes in the philosophy of mind as part of the analytic tradition.

Abstract

In most countries of Latin America, there are philosophers working in the philosophy of mind. Interesting contributions has been made to all the important themes of recent Philosophy of mind in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, and Columbia. There are works on Externalism, Naturalism, Enactivism, Extended Mind, Physicalism, Mental Causation, Intentionality, Consciousness and the phenomenal mind, Action Theory, Philosophy of Information, Ecological Psychology, Philosophy of Perception, of Emotion, of Memory, etc. There are many organized research groups working on the theory of mind and cognitive sciences, and regular conferences on these subjects. It will be hard to consider all the contributions in a short paper. My aim is to highlight the main contributions and to emphasize the relevance of the current research in that domain as part of the analytic movement in Latin America.