The third issue of the Journal of Mexican Philosophy includes three essays, one in Spanish and English, a translation, and a review. The essays by Stephanie Merrim, Efraín Lazos, and Jorge Montiel attest to the quality of philosophy produced on all themes Mexican. The Editors would especially like to thank Jorge Montiel for generously taking the time and effort to translate his own essay from Spanish to English. Publishing a bilingual version of Montiel’s essay represents our desire to promote linguistic inclusiveness in the profession, to make Mexican philosophy as widely accessible as possible, while encouraging authors to write in the language they philosophize in best. We believe that philosophical ideas are strengthened by having to travel in multiple languages.

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The stand-alone translation we offer in this issue, “Analysis of A Process: Chanubtasel-P’ijubtasel,” is also unique in that it is more of a double translation: first, from Tzotzil to Spanish, and second, from Spanish to English. No doubt much is lost in translation; and much more is lost when translation is twice removed, but, at this time, this is a necessary sacrifice, since our primary goal is to make more indigenous philosophies available so as to start a dialogue. This piece is also exciting in that it represents our effort to de-centralize Mexican philosophy and introduce philosophies de todos lados. There are many Mexicos and intellectual traditions from Mexico, and our goal is to help diversify the panorama of Mexican philosophy both within and outside of Mexico. The work of Manuel Balom Pale introduces the reader to a tradition that is seldom discussed or recognized in Mexico, and we hope readers are encouraged to explore it further. Since the translation is an excerpt of a larger work, available in Spanish, we asked Balom Pale to write a short introduction to the larger text (appended below).

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This issue also includes our first book review: Camila Townsend's review of  Sebastian Purcell's Discourses of the Elders. Both the review and Purcell’s book are significant contributions in the collaborative effort to translate Aztec philosophy, and JMxP supports and values scholarly differences that, we believe and hope, will lead to a productive dialogue and further collaboration.

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Finally, JMxP would like to recognize Carlos Pereda Felice on his 80th birthday. In part to commemorate the occasion, and in gratitude for Pereda's lasting contribution to Mexican philosophy, we are including Efrain Lazos’s essay, which focuses on Pereda’s Libertad, Un panfleto civil (2021), in which Pereda considers the pitfalls of thinking of ourselves as free and autonomous. Framed as both a critical investigation of Libertad and an homage to Pereda himself, “Los laberintos de la libertad” also places us in direct confrontation with Pereda’s philosophy as a whole. One of the most important Latin American philosophers of the latter part of the past century, Pereda’s thought is encompassing, profound, and incisive. Lazos allows us to appreciate it again, or for the first time.

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| Full Vol. 3, Issue 1 editors' intro here |

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