Colonial Scholasticism

Colonial Scholasticism: Interpreting Nature, Society, and Philosophy in Spanish America explores the enduring influence of scholasticism beyond Europe, tracing its evolution in the intellectual and educational institutions of colonial Latin America.

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Abel Aravena Zamora is a Senior Researcher and Professor of Philosophy at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Playa Ancha, Valparaíso, Chile. His research explores philosophical activity in colonial Latin America, particularly in Chile, through the study of manuscript records from educational institutions of the time. He has published articles and books on the teachings of various philosophy masters active in Chile from the 17th to the 19th century. Abel is currently the Principal Investigator of a four year research project funded by the Chilean agency Fondecyt ANID (2025-2028).

Nicola Polloni is an Associate Professor of Medieval Philosophy at the University of Messina, Italy. His research focuses on natural philosophy, hylomorphism, and, in particular, premodern theories of matter and prime matter, combining historical, systematic, and comparative perspectives. His publications include The Twelfth Century Renewal of Latin Metaphysics: Gundissalinus's Ontology of Matter and Form (2020) and Hylomorphism into Pieces: Elements, Atoms, and Corpuscles in Natural Philosophy and Medicine, 1400-1600 (cöedited, 2024).

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0. Introduction

1. Shaping Philosophy in 16th Century New Spain: Sea Explorations, Educational Institutions, and the Case of Alonso de la Veracruz

Virginia Aspe Armella

2. Alonso de la Veracruz's Take on the Conceivability of Prime Matter

Nicola Polloni

3. The Jesuit José de Acosta's Epistemological Revision of Scholasticism

Francisco Castilla Urbano

4. Reconstructing Library Collections: Reading Philosophy in Mexico City and Puebla in the 16th and 17th Centuries

Lydia Deni Gamboa

5. Phlegmatic, Melancholic and Sanguine: The Indigenous of Peru in Three 'Indian' Texts, 16th-17th Centuries

Germán Morong Reyes

6. Masculinities in Colonial America: Medical, Legal, and Theological Knowledge and the Construction of the Indigenous Male Body During the 16th Century

Alvaro Ojalvo Pressac

7. Dictates on Justice and Law: Classrooms and Manuscripts of the New Kingdom of Granada

Carlos Arturo Arias Sanabria

8. Academic Freedom and Tradition in Philosophy: Miguel De Viñas S.I. Philosopher in Chile in the 18th Century

Roberto Marconi

9. Heavenly Bodies and American Enlightenment: The Case of Manuel Antonio Talavera

Abel Aravena Zamora and Francisco Cordero Morales

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