Dr. Kyle Bromhall
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Biography
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Scholarship, Research & Creative Activities
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Kyle Bromhall earned his PhD in philosophy from the University of Guelph, his MA in philosophy from McMaster University, and his BA in philosophy and history from Western University.
Prior to joining Sheridan, Dr. Bromhall taught extensively at the University of Guelph. He has taught a wide variety of courses, including courses in social-political philosophy, informal logic, and the philosophy of science. He is passionate about providing an accessible, welcoming, inclusive environment where every student is equipped to perform at their highest level. His approach to content delivery emphasizes active engagement with course concepts and plays close attention to how philosophy can be applied to real life.
Dr. Bromhall’s research specializations are in metaphysics, epistemology, and the history and philosophy of psychology. Drawing from the work of William James, Dr. Bromhall argues that while most accounts of rationality hold that thinking is more important than feeling, we should instead recognize that thinking and feeling evolved as complementary systems of information processing. As such, our emotions are a key part of rationality, rather than an impediment to it. Dr. Bromhall has presented his work at conferences across North America, and has won several prestigious prizes and scholarships. He also acts as the Managing Editor of the academic journal William James Studies.
Book Chapters
Bromhall, K. (2019). Sympathy for the Devils. In The Good Place and Philosophy(pp. 21-29). Open Court Press.
Bromhall, K. (2017). James on Chance and Indeterminacy. In Understanding James, Understanding Modernity. Bloomsbury.
Conference Presentations
Bromhall, K. (2020-03-06). What Can We Do? James on Process Action. American Philosophical Association.
Bromhall, K. (2019-04-05). Are Feelings Intentional?. New Mexico-Texas Philosophical Society.
Bromhall, K. (2019-03-01). James's Philosophy of Science and Science of Philosophy. Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy.
Bromhall, K. (2019-01-04). Is Action Theory Haunted? James and Enactive Agency. American Philosophical Association.
Bromhall, K. (2018-03-09). Mood Thinking: James's Approach to Public Philosophy. Rhetoric Society of America.
Bromhall, K. (2018-03-02). I Feel Like You're Wrong: Why Affect Matters to Disagreement, and How a Jamesean Approach Helps. New Mexico-Texas Philosophical Association.
Bromhall, K. (2018-03-01). James on Collective <em>Akrasia</em> and Social Progress. Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy.
Bromhall, K. (2018-02-28). James's Philosophy of Science and Science of Philosophy. American Philosophical Association.
Bromhall, K. (2018-02-27). Embodied <em>Akrasia</em>: James on Motivation and Weakness of Will. American Philosophical Association.
Bromhall, K. (2017-03-24). Do Minds Change? Calkins's Self-Psychology and the Epistemology of Disagreement. Southwestern Philosophical Society.
Bromhall, K. (2017-03-17). Thinking with Feeling: James on Affective States and Philosophizing. Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy.
Bromhall, K. (2016-03-18). James on Instinct and Motivation. International Society for the History and Philosophy of Science.
Bromhall, K. (2016-04-15). A Probabilistic Universe. American Philosophical Association.
Bromhall, K. (2015-05-01). What is American about American Philosophy?. Canadian Philosophical Association. Ottawa, Canada.
Bromhall, K. (2014-12-30). Is There More to Rationality than Its Sentiment?. American Philosophical Association.
Bromhall, K. (2014-07-11). Reconciling Misak with James. Summer Institute for American Philosophy.
Bromhall, K. (2014-05-02). William James's Wager. Canadian Philosophical Association. St. Catharines, Canada.
Bromhall, K. (2013-07-12). The Reducibility of Consciousness to Attention in James's <em>Principles</em>. Summer Institute for American Philosophy.
Bromhall, K. (2013-04-05). Is There More to Rationality than Its Sentiment?. American Philosophical Association.
Bromhall, K. (2012-07-13). Habituation and Agency in James's <em>Principles of Psychology</em>. Summer Institute for American Philosophy.
Bromhall, K. (2012-05-11). The Role of the Imagination in the Work of William James. Canadian Philosophical Association. Waterloo, Canada.
Bromhall, K. (2011-07-15). William James's Theory of Action. Summer Institute for American Philosophy.
Journal Articles
Bromhall, K. (2018). An Inchoate Universe: James's Probabilistic Underdeterminism.William James Studies, 18(1), 54-83.
Bromhall, K. (2018). Embodied <em>Akrasia</em>: James on Motivation and Weakness of Will.William James Studies, 18(1), 26-53.
Bromhall, K. (2018). Do Minds Change? Calkins's Self-Psychology and the Epistemology of Disagreement.Southwest Philosophy Review, 34(1), 117-124.
