About Emilio Uranga
Lived 1921 – 1988 (aged 67). Emilio Uranga was a Mexican philosopher, university teacher and writer.
Emilio Uranga González (1921 - October 31, 1988) was a Mexican philosopher.
Biography Emilio was born in 1921 in Mexico City. He studied at high school hermanos de las escuelas Cristianas, and proceeded to National Autonomous University of Mexico to study medicine in 1941 and left the university in 1944 to study philosophy. He made contact with the philosophical school of José Gaos, and between 1947 and 1948 he joined and lead the Groupo Hiperion, with philosophers Ricardo Guerra, Jorge Portilla, Salvador Reyes Nevares, Fausto Vega, and Luis Villoro, and acted as an introducer of French existentialism to Mexico and developed a "Philosophy of Mexicanness".
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Who was Emilio Uranga?
Mexican philosopher
When was Emilio Uranga born?
Emilio Uranga was born on 25 August 1921 in Mexico City.
When did Emilio Uranga die?
Emilio Uranga died on 31 October 1988 in Mexico City.
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Emilio Uranga was a philosopher, university teacher and writer.
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Emilio Uranga was Mexican.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Emilio Uranga. https://biography.guide/emilio-uranga/
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