Steven Levine Professor and Chair Department of Philosophy University of Massachusetts Boston
	office		Wheatley Hall, 5th Fl - Rm 5-17
	email		steven.levine@umb.edu
	phone		617-287-7245
	mail		Dept. of Philosophy UMass Boston 100 Morrissey Boulevard Boston, MA 02125

In my work I aim to re-actualize certain insights found in the classical pragmatic tradition that in my view have been overlooked by contemporary philosophy. In my 2019 book Pragmatism, Objectivity, and Experience I argue that the line of new pragmatic thought that runs from Sellars, through Rorty and Davidson, to Brandom, cannot articulate a satisfactory conception of objectivity because it lacks a theory of experience. I argue that making sense of objectivity requires more than seeing objectivity as a norm of rationality embedded in our social-linguistic practices, in the so-called game of giving and asking for reasons; we also need to see it, as the classical pragmatists do, as emergent from our experiential interaction with the world. My current book project concerns Dewey’s theory of action, freedom, and critique. I argue that to fully understand his approach to these topics requires grasping its origin in certain themes of Hegel’s philosophy, namely, his anti-stoicism, his persistent critique of moral idealism, and his particular brand of naturalism. When seen through this lens Dewey’s pragmatism comes out as a kind of left-Hegelian naturalism.