OTHERS EMERGING EPISTEMOLOGIES

Abstract

This paper deals with the epistemological discussion in the Latin American context around what is considered science, trying to answer a crucial question: can we achieve scientific knowledge, or are we only condemned to be mere reproducers of European thinkers? Emphasizing on two positions, one is Eurocentrism and the other position seeks other notions silenced by the dominant ones; in other words, a position that is canonical in our teachings and another that we could call non-canonical. Within this second position, several authors will be found, such as: Boaventura de Sousa Santos, Aníbal Quijano, Maximiliano Salatino, Javier Collado Ruano and Walter Mignolo. This will end up leading to new ways of making epistemologies that are not strictly dominated by canonical thought.