Francisco Romero (philosopher)
Encyclopedia
Francisco Romero was a Latin American philosopher, considered a leader in the philosopher movement in the Latin American countries, especially in Argentina
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He was an influential critic and a translator from the German works of others. Romero defends a structural conception of reality against Hume
, rationalism, biological evolutionism and all atomistic conceptions. True being is identified by Romero with transcendence, with personality as its function.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
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He was an influential critic and a translator from the German works of others. Romero defends a structural conception of reality against Hume
David Hume
David Hume was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist, known especially for his philosophical empiricism and skepticism. He was one of the most important figures in the history of Western philosophy and the Scottish Enlightenment...
, rationalism, biological evolutionism and all atomistic conceptions. True being is identified by Romero with transcendence, with personality as its function.
Selected works
- Old and New Concepts of Reality (1932)
- The Problems of Philosophy of Culture (1938)
- Program of a Philosophy (1940)