Communicative Philosophy

Dear Colleagues,

I am pleased to invite you to submit your work for a special issue of Philosophies on the topic of “Communicative Philosophy”. The combination of “communicative” and “philosophy” signifies a specific concern how a philosophical practice tends toward or cultivates future action or understanding. This requires the placement of philosophical practice in a world of dynamically interrelated intersections of historical, social, and discursive codifications as present in consciousness and expressed in thought.

The aim of this special issues is to address the relevance of philosophical practices whose scope and effect emerge through the construction of intellectual communities as situated within specific cultural milieus. The practice of philosophy must be brought into critical reflection regarding its capacity to interrogate the terms and conditions of its own construction in light of the communities and problems it seeks to address. This phenomenological priority at the level of praxis requires an assessment of the capacity of philosophical work to address the embodied relations among thought, action, behavior, and consequence for human beings and the communities in which we are situated.  Works engaging these problematics are encouraged.

Original works that address the struggle of specific communities to find place and relevance within philosophical discourse are especially welcome. Examples include (but are not limited to) Latina feminist philosophies, Black feminist philosophies, Caribbean philosophies, Indigenous philosophies, Africana philosophies, etc. Works from all intellectual traditions are welcome, but all works should articulate their theoretical and methodological commitments explicitly. Scholars working in the traditions of communicology, creolization, phenomenology, and semiotics are especially welcome. Larger concerns related to epistemological decoloniality, the cultivation of humanity within conditions of dehumanization, and struggles against racism, sexism, heterosexim, etc.,  are also welcome.

I look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Jacqueline Martinez

Guest Editor

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• communicology
• creolization
• phenomenology
• semiotics
• praxis
• Latina feminist philosophies
• black feminist philosophies
• Caribbean philosophies
• indigenous philosophies
• Africana philosophies