Lee A. McBride III

Biography

Areas of Interest

McBride specializes in American philosophy (especially, pragmatism), ethics, political philosophy, and philosophy of race, but has broad interests that extend into ancient Greek philosophy, decolonial philosophy, and environmental ethics. He has published on human nature, food ethics, poetic impressions, pragmatist feminism, racism, anger, insurrectionist ethics, radical empiricism, and a pragmatic naturalized epistemology.

Courses Taught

PHIL 100: Ethics, Justice, and Society
PHIL 212: Race, Gender, and Justice
PHIL 213: Decolonial Philosophy
PHIL 216: Environmental Ethics
PHIL 231: South Asian Philosophical Traditions
PHIL 250: Ancient Greek Philosophy
PHIL 261: Themes in Continental Philosophy
PHIL 266: American Philosophy
PHIL 267: Africana Philosophy
PHIL 302: Epistemology
PHIL 311: Ethical Theory
PHIL 401: Junior Independent Study
PHIL 451/452: Senior Independent Study
FYSM 101: Insane Angels, Insolvent Tramps, and Prophetic Loafers
FYSM 101: Food and Philosophy
FYSM 101: Philosophy, Anew
AFST 100: Introduction to Africana Studies

Selected Publications & Presentations

BOOKS: Monographs

Creative Rebelliousness and Pragmatism: Or, Leaving. London: Bloomsbury, 2026
Ethics and Insurrection: A Pragmatism for the Oppressed. London: Bloomsbury, 2021.

BOOKS: Edited Collections

(co-editor), Pragmatist Feminism and the Work of Charlene Haddock Seigfried, eds. Lee A. McBride III and Erin McKenna. London: Bloomsbury, 2022.
(editor), A Philosophy of Struggle: The Leonard Harris Reader, ed. Lee A. McBride III. London: Bloomsbury, 2020.

SELECTED ARTICLES & BOOK CHAPTERS

“Leaping into an Abyss (and Resurfacing): Radical Empiricism and Chaos,”The Pluralist, Vol. 22, No. 1, Spring 2027, forthcoming.
“On Ambedkar, Stroud, and the Annihilation of Caste,” The Pluralist, Vol. 21, No. 3, Fall 2026, forthcoming.
“Changing Human Nature: Gesturing Toward the Decolonial Human,” John Dewey’s Human Nature and Conduct: A Centennial Handbook, eds. Andrea English and Leonard Waks. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2026, 251-262.
“Race, Multiplicity, and Impure Coalitions of Resistance,” Philosophizing the Americas, eds. Jacoby A. Carter and Hernando A. Estévez. New York: Fordham University Press, 2024, 284-303.
“Food, Focal Practices, and Decolonial Agrarianism,” Paul B. Thompson’s Philosophy of Agriculture, eds. Samantha Noll and Zachary Piso. New York: Springer, 2023, 131-143.
“Insurrectionist Ethics and Racism,” Philosophy Born of Struggle: Afro-American Philosophy from 1917, Third Edition. Edited by Leonard Harris. Iowa: Kendall Hunt, 2022, 435-448.
“Pragmatism and Insurrectionist Philosophy,” Routledge Companion to Pragmatism, eds. Scott Aikin and Robert Talisse. New York: Routledge, 2022, 358-365.
“Reweaving the Social Fabric Transversally,” Pragmatist Feminism and the Work of Charlene Haddock Seigfried, eds. Lee A. McBride III and Erin McKenna. London: Bloomsbury, 2022, 143-163.
“Culture, Acquisitiveness, and Decolonial Philosophy,” Decolonizing American Philosophy, eds. Corey McCall and Phillip McReynolds. Albany: SUNY Press, 2021, 17-35.
“Racial Imperialism and Food Traditions,” The Oxford Handbook of Food Ethics, eds. Anne Barnhill, Mark Budolfson, and Tyler Doggett. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018, 333-344.
“Anger and Approbation,” Moral Psychology of Anger, eds. Myisha Cherry and Owen Flanagan. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2018, 1-13.

Professional Affiliations

McBride is a member of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy(SAAP); he was the 24th President of the society (2024-2026). He is also affiliated with the Alain L. Locke Society, Philosophy Born of Struggle, the Central European Pragmatist Forum, the John Dewey Society, and the American Philosophical Association.