Robert Stern (philosopher)’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro Professor of Philosophy, born 1962
Is Philosopher 
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Robert Stern (born February 1962) is a professor of philosophy at the University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom. He is a British philosopher who is known for his work on the history of philosophy, particularly Hegel.

Biography

Stern graduated from St John’s College, Cambridge, and then became a research fellow there. He has been a professor at the University of Sheffield since 2000, and was the head of the Department of Philosophy from 2004 to 2008.

He is on the editorial board of the European Journal of Philosophy, and he is the current president of the British Philosophical Association.

Works

Books

  • 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 guide book to Hegel’s Phenomenology of spirit (second ed.). Abingdon, Oxon New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780415664455. 

Journal articles

  • Stern, Robert (January 2007). “Hegel, British idealism, and the curious case of the concrete universal”. British Journal for the History of Philosophy. Taylor and Francis. 15 (1): 115–153. doi:10.1080/09608780601088002. 
  • Stern, Robert (2009). “Hegel’s Doppelsatz: A Neutral Reading”. Hegelian Metaphysics. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199239108.003.0004. 
  • Stern, Robert (2009). “Peirce on Hegel: nominalist or realist?”. Hegelian Metaphysics. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199239108.003.0009. 
  • Stern, Robert (April 2012). “Is Hegel’s master–slave dialectic a refutation of solipsism?”. British Journal for the History of Philosophy. Taylor and Francis. 20 (2): 333–361. doi:10.1080/09608788.2012.664026. 
  • Stern, Robert (June 2013). “Hegel’s critique of Kant: from dichotomy to identity”. British Journal for the History of Philosophy. Taylor and Francis. 21 (4): 807–810. doi:10.1080/09608788.2013.792778. 
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