Project MUSE®: The Pluralist - Latest Articles
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Project MUSE®: Latest articles in The Pluralist.daily12026-05-16T00:00:00-05:00text/htmlen-USVol. 4 (2009) through current issueLatest Articles: The PluralistTWOProject MUSE®The Pluralist1944-64891930-7365Latest articles in The Pluralist. Feed provided by Project MUSE®Actively Pursuing Positive Peace
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/982992
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since ancient times, diverse peoples worldwide have longed for and actively pursued positive peace, understood in related, but somewhat differing ways in their culture-specific languages and the conceptual frameworks these reflect.1 For example:
•Shalom (Hebrew) expresses a vision of "right relationships or unity and prosperity in alignment with the will of Jehovah."
•al-Islam (Arabic) calls Muslims to "to be at peace in alignment with the will of Allah."
•Ubuntu (Zulu) expresses "humanity toward others."
•Ahimsa (Hindu) expresses the imperative "to kill no living creature."
•Shanti (Hindu) expresses the related imperative "to maintain a tranquil mindset even in suffering or conflict."
•Heiwa (Japanese) guides
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-16T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/449/image/coversmallActively Pursuing Positive Peace2026-02-17text/htmlen-USActively Pursuing Positive Peace2026-02-172026TWOProject MUSE®535322026-05-16T00:00:00-05:002026-02-17Mary McLeod Bethune: Women-Centered Black Activism for Social and Civil Rights
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/982993
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in the early 1890s, when Mary Church Terrell spoke at the National Woman Suffrage Association, she pointed to the intersectional complexity of the African American women's mission: "A white woman has only one handicap to overcome—a great one, true, her sex; a colored woman faces two—her sex and race. A colored man has only one—that of race" (Jones 3).1 Mary McLeod Bethune (1875–1955) was only a teen when Terrell spoke those words. She could have added a third handicap to overcome: that of poverty. However, she grew into an influential Black leader as a college president, and with Terrell's mentorship, became a national women's club leader and the first Black woman to lead a federal division in Washington.Bethune's
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-16T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/449/image/coversmallMary McLeod Bethune: Women-Centered Black Activism for Social and Civil Rights2026-02-17text/htmlen-USMary McLeod Bethune: Women-Centered Black Activism for Social and Civil Rights2026-02-172026TWOProject MUSE®445862026-05-16T00:00:00-05:002026-02-17Was Addams a Founder of Classical American Pragmatism? Or Even a Pragmatist at All?: A Call to Either Write a New, Fantastically Enlarged Account of Pragmatism's Founding, or Reduce Pragmatism to a Minor Index Entry
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/982994
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a short while ago, philosopher Judy D. Whipps, an excellent scholar and careful reader of my book on Addams's Democracy and Social Ethics, confronted me with a question I had been avoiding. She asked that since Addams is now recognized as one of the founders of classical American pragmatism, why didn't I talk about pragmatism in the book (Whipps 115–16)?At the time, I wasn't ready to formulate an answer. I had heard Charlene Haddock Seigfried present her jaw-dropping discovery when she studied Dewey's class lecture notes on Democracy and Social Ethics. Seigfried found that when Dewey taught the book, his mind was still cluttered with Hegelianisms. Seigfried concluded, "In his early lectures Dewey simply did not
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-16T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/449/image/coversmallWas Addams a Founder of Classical American Pragmatism? Or Even a Pragmatist at All?: A Call to Either Write a New, Fantastically Enlarged Account of Pragmatism's Founding, or Reduce Pragmatism to a Minor Index Entry2026-02-17text/htmlen-USWas Addams a Founder of Classical American Pragmatism? Or Even a Pragmatist at All?: A Call to Either Write a New, Fantastically Enlarged Account of Pragmatism's Founding, or Reduce Pragmatism to a Minor Index Entry2026-02-172026TWOProject MUSE®675012026-05-16T00:00:00-05:002026-02-17A Note on Mary Whiton Calkins's Psychology-Philosophy Distinction
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/982995
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one of the most significant developments in the history of science in the United States is the emergence of psychology as a distinct academic discipline. Until the early twentieth century, psychology courses were usually taught in philosophy departments (Campbell 39; Kuklick 154–56; Pickren and Rutherford 3–10). Mary Whiton Calkins (1863–1930) was among the philosopher-psychologists who played a pivotal role in separating the two disciplines. However, in contrast to her male colleagues, such as G. Stanley Hall (1844–1924) and John Dewey (1859–1952), Calkins's contributions to both philosophy and psychology are decidedly less known. This paper recaptures Calkins's vision for a clear distinction between psychology
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-16T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/449/image/coversmallA Note on Mary Whiton Calkins's Psychology-Philosophy Distinction2026-02-17text/htmlen-USA Note on Mary Whiton Calkins's Psychology-Philosophy Distinction2026-02-172026TWOProject MUSE®427332026-05-16T00:00:00-05:002026-02-17Places of Insurrection, Liberation, and Joy in Everyday Life: An Interview with Dominic T. Moulden
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/982996
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Hello, my name is Alex Stehn, and I'm the chair of this year's Coss Dialogue Committee, whose other members include Aaron Stoller and Erin Tarver. It's my pleasure and privilege to introduce the 2025 Coss Dialogue. These annual dialogues are funded by an endowment provided by the estates of Herbert W. Schneider and his friend Albert G. Redpath, both of whom were students of John J. Coss at Columbia University. That the fund was given to the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy is singularly appropriate since it contains royalties from Professor Schneider's landmark work, A History of American Philosophy,2 and also because Professor Schneider encouraged the founding of this society. We are grateful to
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-16T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/449/image/coversmallPlaces of Insurrection, Liberation, and Joy in Everyday Life: An Interview with Dominic T. Moulden2026-02-17text/htmlen-USPlaces of Insurrection, Liberation, and Joy in Everyday Life: An Interview with Dominic T. Moulden2026-02-172026TWOProject MUSE®1002482026-05-16T00:00:00-05:002026-02-17"Listen for their fears": Dominic Moulden, Organic Intellectuals, and Pedagogy
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/982997
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dominic moulden is a beltway legend. Hailing from Baltimore, I first encountered "DTM" through a mutual friend working with the community organization ONE DC. This stands for Organizing Neighborhood Equity in Washington, DC, and, as our talk clarifies, is among the most impactful groups in the country. In this brief response, I focus on what it means to create space for organic intellectuals and how this can impact pedagogy within and beyond academic spaces.In 2005, Barbara Ransby published Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision. Through this text, I learned the language of "organic intellectuals," an idea she uses to describe Ella Baker and Fannie Lou Hamer. Originating in Gramsci's
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-16T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/449/image/coversmall"Listen for their fears": Dominic Moulden, Organic Intellectuals, and Pedagogy2026-02-17text/htmlen-US"Listen for their fears": Dominic Moulden, Organic Intellectuals, and Pedagogy2026-02-172026TWOProject MUSE®147912026-05-16T00:00:00-05:002026-02-17Insurrection, Liberation, and Joy in Everyday Life
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/982998
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as a dialogue partner at the 2025 Coss Dialogue, it was a profound honor and privilege to engage with Dominic T. Moulden, a true practitioner-philosopher, whose insights on community organizing, liberation, and the often-elusive nature of joy resonated deeply. Our conversation, "Places of Insurrection, Liberation, and Joy in Everyday Life," transcended mere academic discourse, offering a vital bridge between abstract philosophical concepts and the gritty realities of social justice work. Dominic's reflections provided fertile ground for exploring the further implications of our discussion, particularly regarding the role of consciousness-raising, the ethics of engagement, and the enduring power of community in the
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-16T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/449/image/coversmallInsurrection, Liberation, and Joy in Everyday Life2026-02-17text/htmlen-USInsurrection, Liberation, and Joy in Everyday Life2026-02-172026TWOProject MUSE®141082026-05-16T00:00:00-05:002026-02-17Place-Based, Community-First Philosophic Activism
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/982999
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when i originally opened the email inviting me to be a Coss Dialogue respondent for the 2025 Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy (SAAP) conference, I was adamant that I would say no (… a hard skill I am working on as I more intentionally aim to align the relationships, communities, and places that I value with the limited time we are allotted in life). But SAAP is one of those communities I deeply value. So, despite the temptation to ignore and then politely decline the invitation, I clicked … And I read …And then, inspired, despite my mid-semester apathy and resistance, I started doing research of my own about the 2025 Coss Speaker, Dominic Moulden. I read about his participatory action research
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-16T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/449/image/coversmallPlace-Based, Community-First Philosophic Activism2026-02-17text/htmlen-USPlace-Based, Community-First Philosophic Activism2026-02-172026TWOProject MUSE®243782026-05-16T00:00:00-05:002026-02-17Practices, Organizations, and Readings Recommended by 2025 Coss Dialogue Participants: "Places of Insurrection, Liberation, and Joy in Everyday Life"
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/983000
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Things to Practice or Reflect On in Our Everyday LivesArtistic practiceCreative writingCultivate friendship and comradeshipLaughing and fun events dailyMindfulness practiceWalking meditationLittle Book of Joy teaching strategies (bit.ly/joy-cards) Eugene Korsunskiy, The Little Book of Joy: Tiny Ways to Infuse Delight into Teaching and Learning (Dartmouth Scholarship, no. 4352, 2025), digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5346&context=facoa.Organizations to Explore, Join, or Otherwise SupportONE DC—www.onedconline.orgDream Defenders—www.dreamdefenders.orgRising Majority—www.therisingmajority.comRight to the City Alliance—www.righttothecity.orgVOLAR—www.volar.sitePower and Place
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-16T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/449/image/coversmallPractices, Organizations, and Readings Recommended by 2025 Coss Dialogue Participants: "Places of Insurrection, Liberation, and Joy in Everyday Life"2026-02-17text/htmlen-USPractices, Organizations, and Readings Recommended by 2025 Coss Dialogue Participants: "Places of Insurrection, Liberation, and Joy in Everyday Life"2026-02-172026TWOProject MUSE®110492026-05-16T00:00:00-05:002026-02-17Difference as Power: A Critical Look at Intersectionality
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/983001
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This paper aims to compare the shortcomings surrounding the use of the term "intersectionality" as critical theory alongside the philosophical theory of "pluralism." I argue that intersectionality, while, in theory, is committed to identifying and uplifting our diversity as human beings, falls victim to our fear of doubt and corresponding need for knowing. Descartes famously struggled with doubt, proposing that our material bodies are separate and uncertain, but that our minds are capable of thinking about our existence, and therefore, we must exist, at least metaphysically (15). The emergence of the mind-body problem during this period sparked the binary lines of thinking upon which we still rely today, in order
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-16T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/449/image/coversmallDifference as Power: A Critical Look at Intersectionality2026-02-17text/htmlen-USDifference as Power: A Critical Look at Intersectionality2026-02-172026TWOProject MUSE®255472026-05-16T00:00:00-05:002026-02-17Contesting Power and Building Pluralist Solidarity
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/983002
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To speak of a pluralist approach to philosophy can seem like a bland call for inclusion, advocating for all philosophies equally without any principal of selection. This can sound mindless, for much philosophical activity can consist of assessing arguments to select the better over the worse. This commonsense understanding of pluralism obscures the militant history of the Pluralist movement in US philosophy, which was a coalition of various groups who shared in common their exclusion from the mainstream of academic philosophy typically called analytic philosophy.1 Pluralists and pluralism in US philosophy today arguably owe their existence to the active struggle of philosophers, from the 1960s to the present, who
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-16T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/449/image/coversmallContesting Power and Building Pluralist Solidarity2026-02-17text/htmlen-USContesting Power and Building Pluralist Solidarity2026-02-172026TWOProject MUSE®296052026-05-16T00:00:00-05:002026-02-17Commendations and Acceptance Remarks for the Herbert W. Schneider Award Recipients
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/983003
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The 2025 recipients of the Herbert W. Schneider Award for lifetime contributions to the advancement of American philosophy were Ivo Ibri (Pontifico Catholic University of São Paulo) and Jaime Nubiola (University of Navarra, Spain). Below are comments from Vincent Colapietro presented on the occasion of the award, highlighting the significance of these two scholars' legacies, as well as responses that Professors Nubiola and Ibri delivered upon receiving these awards.in the 1830s, a young french nobleman—Alexis de Tocqueville—traveled throughout the United States and, on the basis of keen observations, wrote what is arguably still the best book about democracy in America. He noted, with distinctively French irony
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-16T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/449/image/coversmallCommendations and Acceptance Remarks for the Herbert W. Schneider Award Recipients2026-02-17text/htmlen-USCommendations and Acceptance Remarks for the Herbert W. Schneider Award Recipients2026-02-172026TWOProject MUSE®140072026-05-16T00:00:00-05:002026-02-17