Philosophy is generally understood as consisting of ancient Greek and modern European figures such as Plato, Aristotle, Kant, and Nietzsche. The work of such figures is presented as a decontextualized search for truth, as if philosophical discourse was delinked from the place or the people that gave rise to it. In reality, philosophy has always been a tool of intervention in the specific life-world of communities and individuals, providing a meta-level analysis that both reveals and shifts conventional assumptions. Hence, all philosophies bear the trace of different periods and localities. The concept of Latina/o philosophy is, today, an intervention in dominant assumptions about philosophy itself. It is a conscious move to expand the imaginary geography of philosophical thought and to expose the Eurocentrism of the standard philosophical categories. Generally, the term is not used simply to describe philosophy written by Latinas/os; rather, it is used in a more delimited yet robust way to refer to philosophies that are grounded in, and responsive to, a Latina/o context, whether or not written by Latinas/os. This is similar to the way in which “American” pragmatism is often understood, that is, as a philosophical trend that bears the marks of its historical and national...