Brandon Beasley, Ph.D.

I am a Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Calgary and the Department of Humanities at Mount Royal University.

I work on pragmatist approaches to intentionality, meaning, normativity, and naturalism, animated by the question of the place of mind and agency in the natural world. As such, my work engages with issues in contemporary philosophy of mind and language, as well as, and in interaction with, work on historical pragmatist philosophers (in particular Dewey, Peirce, and Sellars). I also work on Kant and Hegel and, in general, at the intersection of German Idealism, pragmatism, and analytic philosophy.

Please use the links at the top of the page to find out more about me and my research.

NEWS

May 7, 2026 - Today sees the release of an edited collection that I am proud to be part of: Interpreting Sellars: Critical Essays, edited by Carl B. Sachs. It's a fantastic collection of essays by both established and up-and-coming philosophers who work on, and with, the philosophy of Wilfrid Sellars. My chapter, "Sellars in Light of Dewey: Pragmatism and Mind in Nature", presents the influence of John Dewey's philosophy, and Dewey's account of the place of mind in nature, specifically, on Sellars' account of the same. Many thanks to Carl for including me in this excellent book.

February 25, 2026 - Rather pleased to have contributed to this very fine collection of essays celebrating the centennial of John Dewey's Experience and Nature, in the journal Dewey Studies. My contribution is called "Culture as the Space of Conceptual Meanings: Re-Introducing Experience and Nature". Dewey Studies is an Open Access journal, so you can see the whole issue here, and download my article in particular here. Many thanks to Paul Cherlin for organizing the issue and for inviting me to contribute.

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