Hispanic Philosophy in the Age of Discovery (Studies in Philosophy and the History of Philosophy)

This volume presents 15 studies occasioned by the 500th anniversary of the European discovery of America. It covers both the initial encounters between the Europeans and native Americans and the golden age of Hispanic philosophy that followed the discovery - specifically between 1500 and 1650. Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART I -- 1. JORGE J.E. GRACIA, Hispanic Philosophy: Its Beginning and Golden Age -- PART II -- 2. MAURICIO BEUCHOT, The Philosophical Discussion of the Legitimacy of the Conquest of Mexico in the Sixteenth Century -- 3. JOHN P. DOYLE, Vitoria on Choosing to Replace a King -- 4. MARCELO SANCHEZ-SORONDO, Vitoria: The Original Philosopher of Rights -- 5. EDUARDO ANDUJAR, Bartolome de Las Casas and Juan Gines de Sepulveda: Moral Theology versus Political Philosophy -- 6. RAFAEL ALVIRA AND ALFREDO CRUZ, The Controversy between Las Casas and Sepulveda at Valladolid -- PART III -- 7. WILLIAM A. WALLACE, Domingo de Soto and the Iberian Roots of Galileo's Science -- 8. JUAN ANTONIO WIDOW, The Economic Teachings of Spanish Scholastics -- 9. JEAN DE GROOT, Teresa of Avila and the Meaning of Mystical Theology -- 10. YVES FLOUCAT, The Christian Mysticism of St. John of the Cross and the Metaphysics of Being -- 11. MIRKO SKARICA, The Problem of God's Foreknowledge and Human Free Action in Spanish Philosophy -- PART IV -- 12. NORMAN WELLS, Suarez and a Salamancan Thomist: A Tale of a Text -- 13. STEPHEN MENN, Suarez, Nominalism, and Modes -- 14. CARLOS G. NOREN-A, Francisco Suarez on Democracy and International Law -- PART V -- 15. JOHN DEELY, A New Beginning in Philosophy: Poinsot's Contribution to the Seventeenth-Century Search -- Contributors -- Index Contents Introduction PART I 1. JORGE J. E. GRACIA, Hispanic Philosophy: Its Beginning and Golden Age PART II 2. MAURICIO BEUCHOT, The Philosophical Discussion of the Legitimacy of the Conquest of Mexico in the Sixteenth Century 3. JOHN P. DOYLE, Vitoria on Choosing to Replace a King 4. MARCELO SANCHEZ-SORONDO, Vitoria: The Original Philosopher of Rights 5. EDUARDO ANDUJAR, Bartolome de Las Casas and Juan Gines de Sepulveda: Moral Theology versus Political Philosophy 6. RAFAEL ALVIRA AND ALFREDO CRUZ, The Controversy between Las Casas and Sepulveda at Valladolid PART III 7. WILLIAM A. WALLACE, Domingo de Soto and the Iberian Roots of Galileo's Science 8. JUAN ANTONIO WIDOW, The Economic Teachings of Spanish Scholastics 9. JEAN DE GROOT, Teresa of Avila and the Meaning of Mystical Theology 10. YVES FLOUCAT, The Christian Mysticism of St. John of the Cross and the Metaphysics of Being 11. MIRKO SKARICA, The Problem of God's Foreknowledge and Human Free Action in Spanish Philosophy PART IV 12. NORMAN WELLS, Suarez and a Salamancan Thomist: A Tale of a Text 13. STEPHEN MENN, Suarez, Nominalism, and Modes 14. CARLOS G. NOREN-A, Francisco Suarez on Democracy and International Law PART V 15. JOHN DEELY, A New Beginning in Philosophy: Poinsot's Contribution to the Seventeenth-Century Search Contributors Index