Introduction: Imperium, Metaphysical Instrumentalism, and Potosi Mining
Grounding the Empire : Francisco de Vitoria's Political Physics
The Impasses of Instrumentalism : Revisiting the Polemics between Sepulveda and Las Casas
Mastering Nature : Jose de Acosta's Pragmatic Instrumentalism
From Imperial Reason to Instrumental Reason : The Ideology of the Circle of Toledo
The Exhaustion of Natural Subordination : Solórzano Pereira and the Demise of Metaphysical Instrumentalism.