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Charlene Haddock Seigfried
Professor of Philosophy and American Studies
Purdue University
Philosophy Department
100 N. University St.
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2067
Office: (765) 494-4276
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Email: seigfrie@purdue.edu or hseigfr@luc.edu

• Specialization Areas: American Philosophy, Pragmatism, Feminist Theory
• Topics: Social and Political Philosophy; Pragmatist Metaphysics, Theory of Knowledge, and Value Theory
• Areas of Competence: Nineteenth Century Philosophy

• Purdue University, Professor, 1991 to present, Associate Professor, 1983-91, Assistant Professor, 1979-83.
• Loyola University of Chicago, Lecturer, 1973-78.
• Oakton Community College, Instructor, 1976-78.
• Mayfair College, Chicago, Assistant Professor in Humanities, Spring, 1976

• American Studies Graduate Faculty
• Women's Studies Committee
• Department of English and Philosophy Graduate Faculty

• John Dewey Lecturer for 1998, awarded by the John Dewey Society.
• Fellow, Center for Humanistic Studies, Purdue, Spring, 2005, Spring, 1998, Spring, 1991, and Fall, 1987.
• X-L Grant, Purdue Research Foundation, Summer, 1985.
• Kellogg National Fellowship, (released time) 1980-83.
• Post-Doctoral Fellow, Northwestern University, 1978-1979.
• Summer Institute on the Newtonian and Darwinian Revolutions in American Intellectual History, Haverford College, July-August, 1979.

• Feminist Interpretations of John Dewey. Ed., Re-Reading the Canon series, University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2002.

• Pragmatism and Feminism: Reweaving the Social Fabric. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996.

• William James's Radical Reconstruction of Philosophy. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1990.

• Chaos and Context: A Study in William James. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 1978.

• Sympathetic Understanding and Cooperative Inquiry: Jane Addams' Social Philosophy.

• "The Dilemma of Democracy: Diversity of Interests and Common Experiences," in Alfonso Morales, ed., Renascent Pragmatism: Studies in Law and Social Science. Brookfield, VT: Ashgate, 2003, 31-48.

• Introduction to Jane Addams, Democracy and Social Ethics. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2002, ix-xxxviii.

• Introduction to Jane Addams, The Long Road of Women's Memory. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2002, ix-xxxiv.

• "Beyond Epistemology: From A Pragmatist Feminist Experiential Standpoint," in Nancy Tuana and Sandi Morgen, eds., Engendering Rationalities. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2001, pp. 99-121.

• "James: Sympathetic Apprehension of the Point of View of the Other," in Sandra B. Rosenthal, Carl R. Hausman, and Douglas R. Anderson, eds., Classical American Pragmatism: Its Contemporary Vitality. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1999, pp. 85-98.

• "Feminism and the Writings of American Women," Introduction and editing selections, in John J. Stuhr, ed. Pragmatism and Classical American Philosophy: Essential Readings and Interpretive Essays. 2nd ed., revised. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.

• "Feminist Perspectives on Pragmatism," in Alison M. Jaggar and Iris Young, eds. A Companion to Feminist Philosophy. Oxford: Blackwell, 1998, pp. 49-57.

• "John Dewey's Pragmatist Feminism," in Larry A. Hickman, ed. Reading Dewey: Interpretations for a Postmodern Generation. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1998, pp. 187-216.

• Introduction to new edition of The Thought and Character of William James, by Ralph Barton Perry. Nashville and London: Vanderbilt University Press, 1996, pp. ix-xvii.

• "Individual Feeling and Universal Validity," (with Hans H. Seigfried), in Steven Mailloux, ed., Rhetoric, Pragmatism, Sophistry. Cambridge University Press, 1995, pp. 139-154.

• "Devising Ends Worth Striving For," in Andrew R. Smith and Lenore Langsdorf, eds., Recovering Pragmatism's Voice: The Classical Tradition, Rorty, and the Philosophy of Communication. State University of New York Press, 1995, pp. 115-128.

• "Waging War for all Things Bright and Beautiful & A Little Profit on the Side: On Brecht's Mother Courage," in John T. Trahey, ed., Dramatic Art: Creative Power for Justice and Peace. Chicago: Traditional Arts Press, 1994, pp. 13-27.

• "Validating Women's Experiences Pragmatically," in John J. Stuhr, ed., Philosophy and the Reconstruction of Culture: Pragmatic Essays After Dewey. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1993, pp. 111-129.

• "The World We Practically Live In," in Margaret E. Donnelly, ed., Reinterpreting the Legacy of William James. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Assoc. Press, 1992, pp. 77-89.

• "Like Bridges Without Piers: Beyond the Foundationalist Metaphor," in Tom Rockmore and Beth J. Singer, eds., Anti-Foundationalism Old and New. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992, pp. 143-164.

• "James's 'Natural History' Methodology: Empiricist or Phenomenological?," in Robert W. Burch and Herman J. Saatkamp, Jr., eds., Frontiers in American Philosophy. Texas A & M University Press, 1992, pp. 230-239.

• "Pragmatism, Feminism, and Sensitivity to Context," in Mary M. Brabeck, ed., Who Cares? Theory, Research, and Educational Implications of the Ethic of Care. New York: Praeger, 1989, pp. 63-83.

• "Hodgson's Influence on James's Organization of Experience," in R. S. Corrington, C. Hausman, T. M. Seebohm, eds., Pragmatism Considers Phenomenology. Washington D.C.: Center for Advanced Research in Phenomenology, 1987, pp. 187-202.

• "On the Metaphysical Foundations of Scientific Psychology," in Michael H. DeArmey and Stephen Skousgaard, eds., The Philosophical Psychology of William James. Washington, D.C.: Center for Advanced Research in Phenomenology, 1986, pp. 57-72.

• "Beyond Humanism: Nietzsche's Idea of the Overman," co-author with H. Seigfried, in H. H. Loiskandl, ed., Man in Society: Facts and Visions, Dubuque: Kendall/Hunt, 1971, pp. 181-201.

• "Has Passion a Place in Philosophy?" special issue on Philosophy in America at the Turn of the Century, A.P.A. Centennial Supplement, ed. Robert Audi, Journal of Philosophical Research (2003), 35-54.

• "Shedding Skins," Symposium on Shannon Sullivan's Living Across and Through Skins. Hypatia, 17:4(Fall, 2002), 173-86.

• "Can a 'Man-hating' Feminist also be a Pragmatist? On Charlotte Perkins Gilman." Special Issue on Pragmatist Feminism. Journal of Speculative Philosophy. 15:2(2001), 74-85.

• "Pragmatist Metaphysics? Why Terminology Matters," Transactions Charles S. Peirce Society. 37:1 (Winter, 2001), 13-21.

• "Feminist Ethics and the Sociality of Dewey's Moral Theory," Transactions Charles S. Peirce Society , 36:4 (Fall, 2000), 529-34.

• "Socializing Democracy: Jane Addams and John Dewey," Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 29:2(June, 1999), 207-230.

• "Experience, Anyone? Why Pragmatists Should Get Over the Realism/Anti-realism Debate," Intellectual History Newsletter, 20(1998), 24-32.

• "Perspectives on Pragmatism: A Reply to Lorraine Code," Radical Philosophy, 92(Nov/Dec 1998), 25-27.

• "Advancing American Philosophy," Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society, 34(Fall, 1998), 807-839.

• "Overcoming the Apathy Induced by the Current Irrelevance of Philosophy," Special Issue: Pragmatism and the Future of Philosophy, Journal of Speculative Philosophy, 12(1998), 98-113.

• "Classical American Philosophy's Invisible Women," Canadian Review of American Studies, Special Issue, Part I, (1992), 83-116 (actually published September, 1993).

• Guest editor for special issue on Pragmatism and Feminism, Hypatia, 8:2 (Spring, 1993). Includes "Shared Communities of Interest: Feminism and Pragmatism," pp. 1-14, and Archive Introductions and selections.

• "William James's Concrete Analysis of Experience," Monist, Special Issue: Pragmatism: A Second Look. 75:4 (Oct., 1992), pp. 538-550.

• "The Missing Perspective: Feminist Pragmatism," Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society, 27:4(Fall, 1991), 405-416.

• "Where Are All the Pragmatist Feminists?," Hypatia, 6:2(Summer, 1991), 1-20.

• "The Pragmatist Sieve of Concepts: Description Vs. Interpretation," The Journal of Philosophy, 87:11(Nov., 1990), 585-592.

• "Weaving Chaos into Order: A Radically Pragmatic Aesthetic," Philosophy and Literature, 14:1(1990), 108-116.

• "Poetic Invention and Scientific Observation: James's Model of 'Sympathetic Concrete Observation,'" Transactions C. S. Peirce Society, 26:1(Winter, 1990), 115-130.

• "William James's Phenomenological Methodology," Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology, 20:1(Jan., 1989), 62-76.

• "On the Significance of Schrift's Genealogy of Nietzsche's Philology," International Studies in Philosophy, 20:2(Summer, 1988), 97-103.

• "Feminist Aesthetics and Marginality," Resources for Feminist Research, Special Issue: New Feminist Research, 16:4(Dec., 1987), 10-15 [double columns].

• "Second Sex: Second Thoughts," Hypatia, in Women's Studies International Forum, 8:3(1985), 219-229.

• "Extending the Darwinian Model: James's Struggle with Royce and Spencer," Idealistic Studies, 14(Sept., 1984), 259-272.

• "Gender-Specific Values," The Philosophical Forum, 15(Summer, 1984), 425-442.

• "The Positivist Foundation in William James's Principles," The Review of Metaphysics, 37(March, 1984), 579-593.

• "The Philosopher's 'License:' William James and Common Sense," Transactions C. S. Peirce Society, 19(Summer, 1983), 273-290.

• "Vagueness and the Adequacy of Concepts: In Defense of William James's Picturesque Style," Philosophy Today, 26 (Winter, 1982), 357-367.

• "James's Reconstruction of Ordinary Experience," The Southern Journal of Philosophy, 19(Winter, 1981), 499-515.

• "The Structure of Experience for William James," Transactions C. S. Peirce Society, 12(Fall, 1976), 330-347.

• "Why Are Some Interpretations Better Than Others?" New Scholasticism, 49(Spring, 1975), 140-161.

• Entry for JANE ADDAMS, Blackwell Guide to American Philosophy, Armen T. Marsoobian and John Ryder, ed., Blackwell, Oxford, 2003, 21 ms. pp. (Forthcoming).

• "Kantian Autonomy Fails to Fulfill the Conditions of Practical Rationality," Kant und die Berliner Aufklaerung. Akten des IX. Internationalen Kant-Kongresses, Band III: Sektionen VI-X. V. Gerhardt, R-P. Horstman, and R. Schumacher. ed. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 2001. Pp. 96-103.

• "Feminism and Pragmatism," for Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Supplement, Donald M. Borchert, ed., New York: Macmillan, 1996.

• Entries for THOMAS PAINE and PRAGMATISM for The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, Robert Audi, ed., Cambridge University Press, 1995.

• Entry for WILLIAM JAMES, for A Companion to Metaphysics, Jaegwon Kim and Ernest Sosa, eds., Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1995.

• Entry for WILLIAM JAMES, PHILOSOPHER for the Encyclopedia of Time, under the auspices of International Society for the Study of Time, Sam Macey, ed., New York: Garland, 1994.

• William James Bibliography in The Philosophy of William James. Walter R. Corti, ed., Hamburg: Felix Meiner Verlag, 1976, pp. 385-393.

• "Context and Experience," Proceedings of the Fifth International Congress of Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science, The University of W. Ontario, Aug. 27-Sept. 2, 1975, pp. 49-50 [double columns].

• "The Radical Evil in Human Nature," Gerhard Funke, ed., Akten des 4. Internationalen Kant-Kongresses, New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1974. Teil II.2, pp. 605-613.

38 refereed papers, including:

• "Our Emotional and Practical Subjectivity: Taking Perspectives Seriously," Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy, University of Portland, Maine, Mar. 7-10, 2002.

• "The Dilemma of Democracy: Diversity of Interests and Common Experiences," Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy, Las Vegas, Mar. 11-13, 2001.

• "Jane Addams on Women's Memories: Disturbing Conventions," Society for the Study of Women Philosophers, APA, New York, Dec. 27-30, 2000.

• "Why Kantian Autonomy Cannot Fulfill the Conditions of Practical Rationality," Ninth International Kant Congress, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, March 26-31, 2000.

• "Socializing Democracy: Jane Addams and John Dewey," Panel on New Directions in Pragmatist Research, Midwest Political Science Assoc., Chicago, April 15-17, 1999.

46 Invited papers, including:

• "Thinking Desire: Taking Perspectives Seriously," Penn State, State College, PA, July 28, 2003.

• "The Courage of One's Convictions or the Conviction of One's Courage? Jane Addams's Principled Compromises. "Keynote speaker, 29^th Annual Richard R. Baker Philosophy Colloquium "Exploring Jane Addams," University of Dayton, Ohio, Nov.8-9, 2002.

• "The Legacy of William James: No Dogmas and No Doctrines?" The Science of Religions Conference: One Hundred Years of William James' Varieties of Religious Experience, University of Illinois at Chicago, Apr. 12-13, 2002.

• "Has Passion a Place in Philosophy?" APA Centennial Session: Philosophy in America at the Turn of the Century. APA, San Francisco, March 29-31, 2001.

• "Back to the Future: Challenges for Pragmatism Today," for Conference on Pragmatism for the New Millennium, Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium, Temple University, Philadelphia, Dec. 11, 1999.

• St. Joseph College, Orange, California, 1961-1965, B.A., English
• Loyola University, Chicago, 1968-73. M.A., Philosophy, 1970, Ph.D., Philosophy, 1973.

• Visiting Scholar to discuss pragmatic contributions to epistemology for fourth week of National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar on "Feminist Epistemologies," Penn State, State College, PA, July 26-29, 2003.

• Seminar on Social Inquiry in John Dewey and Jane Addams, with Hans Seigfried, Loyola University, The Sixth Annual Summer Institute in American Philosophy, University of Oregon, July 7-12, 2003.

• Seminar on Jane Addams, The Third Annual Summer Institute in American Philosophy, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, July 10-15, 2000.

• Guest Lecturer on Feminism, Course on American Philosophy, IUPUI, Indianapolis, April 12, 2000.

• William James Seminar at Summer Institute on Classical American Philosophy: Revisiting the Texts, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, July 22-28, 1998.

• Consultant (and speaker) for NEH Masterwork Study Seminar on "American Philosophy During the Nineteenth Century," Feb. 9, 1993, and "Pragmatism and Feminism," Dec., 1993, The Laboratory Schools, University of Chicago.

• Seminar leader for "Nurturing Intellectual Community," Summer Idea Seminar at St. Mary's College sponsored by the Lilly Faculty Development Project, St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana, August 10-14, 1992.

• American Philosophical Association:
    - Committee on the Status of Women, 2000-03;
    - Committee on the History of the Profession, 1996-continuing;
    - Central Division, Program Committee, 1997-98;
    - Advisory Committee to the Eastern Division Program Committee, 1990-93.
• Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy:
    - President, 1996-98;
    - Executive Committee, 1984-7, 1996-00;
    - Coss Lecture Committee Chair, 1999-continuing.
• Society for the Study of Women Philosophers:
    - Executive Board Member, 1994-2000; 2001-04.
• William James Society:
    - President, 2004,
    - Vice President, 2003.
• Midwest Pragmatist Study Group, Co-organizer and chair, Loyola University, Chicago, 1997-continuing.