 Any work satisfying (1) and (2) would count as characteristically Latin American in Nuccetelli’s sense. She further contends that there is a robust body of philosophical work in Latin America that satisfies these conditions. It is mostly devoted to issues of moral, social, and political philosophy and includes the works of both, non-academic and academic philosophers. Thus construed, Latin American philosophy comes out as a branch of applied philosophy and its existence is consistent with that of universal philosophy—which is grounded in a variety of traditions of Western philosophy and devoted to problems that have universal import such as knowledge and skepticism, the nature of consciousness, moral reasoning, and the existence and attributes of God. A Latin American philosopher may cultivate either universal philosophy or some branch of applied philosophy, including Latin American philosophy. From the time of the Founders to the present, there has been a long list of those who in fact did both.