The historical-philosophical epistemology of the vision of the vanquished (visión de los vencidos) supposed the existence of a true, complementary to the defeated's one, in all discourse on America. Nevertheless, that perspective leads, unwillingly, to a weakening of the idea of truth in relation to the continent. This opens the path to its derealisation and leads to the idea that America is a speech game within another speech games, and does not address a reality or a philosophical-epistemological truth. Our statements are supported by analysis of some aspects of the work of Peter Sloterdijk and Peter Mason and of the Journey of Omagua y Dorado, written in 1561.
Keywords:
Vision of the vanquished, discourse on America, philosophy of history, epistemology of history, desrealisation of America
Neira, H. (2010). América desrealizada. Revista De Filosofía, 66, Pág. 45–61. Retrieved from https://monografiasveterinaria.uchile.cl/index.php/RDF/article/view/17219
