Robert Arthur Stern FBA (February 1962 – 21 August 2024) was a British philosopher who served as professor of philosophy at the University of Sheffield. He was an expert on the history of philosophy, particularly G. W. F. Hegel and Immanuel Kant. His later research focused on the Danish ethicist Knud Ejler Løgstrup.
Robert Stern | |
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| Born | Robert Arthur Stern February 1962 |
| Died | 21 August 2024 (aged 62) |
| Nationality | British |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Philosophy |
| Institutions | |
| Main interests | |
Life and career
editStern was born in February 1962.[1] He graduated from St John's College, Cambridge, and then became a research fellow there. Stern became a professor at the University of Sheffield in 2000, and was the head of the Department of Philosophy from 2004 to 2008.[2]
He was on the editorial board of the European Journal of Philosophy,[3] and was president of the British Philosophical Association.[4] He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2019.[5]
Stern died from brain cancer on 21 August 2024, at the age of 62.[6][7]
Works
editBooks
edit- Stern, Robert (1990). Hegel, Kant and the Structure of the Object. London New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780415025935.
- Stern, Robert (1993). G.W.F. Hegel: Critical Assessments. London New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780415072793.
- Stern, Robert (2000). Transcendental Arguments and Scepticism : Answering the Question of Justification. Oxford Oxford New York: Clarendon Press Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198250531.
- Stern, Robert (2002). Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Hegel and the Phenomenology of Spirit. London New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780203205044.
- Stern, Robert (2009). Hegelian Metaphysics. Oxford New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199239108.
- Stern, Robert (2012). Understanding Moral Obligation: Kant, Hegel, Kierkegaard. Cambridge New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107012073.
- Stern, Robert (2013). The Routledge Guidebook to Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit (second ed.). Abingdon, Oxon New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780415664455.
Journal articles
edit- Stern, Robert (January 2007). "Hegel, British idealism, and the curious case of the concrete universal". British Journal for the History of Philosophy. 15 (1): 115–153. doi:10.1080/09608780601088002. S2CID 170549435.
- Stern, Robert (2009). "Hegel's Doppelsatz: A Neutral Reading" (PDF). pp. 81–114. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199239108.003.0004. ISBN 9780199239108.
{{cite book}}:|journal=ignored (help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - Stern, Robert (2009). "Peirce on Hegel: nominalist or realist?" (PDF). pp. 239–268. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199239108.003.0009. ISBN 9780199239108.
{{cite book}}:|journal=ignored (help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - Stern, Robert (April 2012). "Is Hegel's master–slave dialectic a refutation of solipsism?" (PDF). British Journal for the History of Philosophy. 20 (2): 333–361. doi:10.1080/09608788.2012.664026. S2CID 144098262.
- Stern, Robert (June 2013). "Hegel's critique of Kant: from dichotomy to identity". British Journal for the History of Philosophy. 21 (4): 807–810. doi:10.1080/09608788.2013.792778. S2CID 170667801.
References
edit- ^ "Stern, Robert, 1962–..." VIAF. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
- ^ "Profile: Robert Stern". University of Sheffield. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
- ^ "European Board of Philosophy – Editorial Board". European Journal of Philosophy. doi:10.1111/(ISSN)1468-0378.
- ^ "About us". British Philosophical Association. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Weinberg, Justin (23 August 2024). "Robert Stern (1962–2024) – Daily Nous". Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ^ Forstenzer, Joshua (24 September 2024). "Robert Stern obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
External links
edit- Profile: Robert Stern University of Sheffield
