Robert Arthur Stern (born February 1962) is a British

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who serves as professor of

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at the

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. He is known for his work on the

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, particularly G. W. F. Hegel and

Immanuel Kant Immanuel Kant (, , ; 22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers. Born in Königsberg, Kant's comprehensive and systematic works in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and ...

. His current research is focused on the Danish

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Knud Ejler Løgstrup Knud Ejler Løgstrup (2 September 1905 – 20 November 1981) was a Danish philosopher and theologian. His work, which combines elements of phenomenology, ethics and theology, has exerted considerable influence in postwar Nordic thought. More rec ...

Education and career

Stern graduated from

St John's College, Cambridge St John's College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge founded by the House of Tudor, Tudor matriarch Lady Margaret Beaufort. In constitutional terms, the college is a charitable corpo ...

, and then became a

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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 ''The European Journal of Philosophy'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal of philosophy published quarterly by Wiley-Blackwell. It was established by Mark Sacks in 1993 and the current editor-in-chief is Joseph K. Schear. Editorial Committee Th ...

'', and was president of the

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. He was elected a

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in 2019.

Works

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External links

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