Robert Arthur Stern FBA (born February 1962)^[1] is a British philosopher who serves as professor of philosophy at the University of Sheffield. He is known for his work on the history of philosophy, particularly G. W. F. Hegel and Immanuel Kant. His current research is focused on the Danish ethicist Knud Ejler Løgstrup.

Education and career

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.^[2]

He is 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]

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 Guidebook 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. 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.