My colleague and friend Robert Stern, who has died aged 62 from brain cancer, spent 34 years at the University of Sheffield. He was one of the leading British philosophers of his generation, combining critical precision with generosity, and helped to overturn the well-established dichotomy between “analytic” and “continental” philosophy.
His interests included figures such as Kant, Kierkegaard, Murdoch, Levinas, Peirce and Luther. He provided original interpretations of complex and sometimes confusing philosophical arguments. Bob was best known for reintroducing neglected figures from the history of philosophy. Hegel was the first among these.
