 In his essay “En torno a una filosofía americana” (1945), Zea sustained that Latin American philosophy should devote itself to topics that are specifically Latin American, in addition to the universal problems of any other philosophy. In “La filosofía como compromiso” (1948), he claims that Latin American philosophy should aim to transform the reality of the philosopher, not just understand it. From that point forward, Zea’s work adopts a clearly defined ideological and political purpose of emancipating Latin America and the “Third World”.