Robert M. Wallace (philosopher)
Robert M. Wallace | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1947 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Cornell University (PhD) |
| Thesis | Autonomy and the agent's final end: Hegel's reformulation of Kant's argument for the rationality of morality (1994) |
| Doctoral advisor | Allen W. Wood |
| Other advisors | Terence Irwin, Richard W. Miller, Norman Kretzmann |
| Academic work | |
| Era | Contemporary philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School or tradition | German Idealism |
| Website | https://robertmwallace.blogspot.com/ |
Robert Marston Wallace (born 1947) is a philosopher.[1]
Life and works
Wallace holds a B.A. from Oxford University and a Ph.D.
Robert M. Wallace received a B.A. (first class) in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics from Oxford University in 1968, where he studied at Balliol College and worked with Martin Hollis, Alan Montefiore, Steven Lukes, and briefly, Arthur Prior. He taught for several years at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont, then spent a year in the Philosophy doctoral program at Yale University, working with Karsten Harries, Frederick Oscanyan, and Rulon Wells, earning an M.A. in 1973. In 1994, he earned his PhD from Cornell University, with a dissertation on F. H. Bradley and Hegel, entitled Autonomy and the Agent’s Final End: Hegel’s Reformulation of Kant’s Argument for the Rationality of Morality in philosophy.[2]
In the meantime, Wallace translated Hans Blumenberg’s The Legitimacy of the Modern Age into English. With the help of Tom McCarthy, it was eventually published by MIT Press. He went on to translate and write on Blumenberg’s Work on Myth and The Genesis of the Copernican World, as well as other German philosophical works, including Hans-Georg Gadamer’s Plato’s Dialectical Ethics.[2]
His 2005 book, Hegel’s Philosophy of Reality, Freedom, and God was reviewed by Jane Dryden,[3] Jean-Marie Lardic,[4] Robert R. Williams,[5] Peter Steinberger,[6] and Richard Crouter.[7] The interpretation of Hegel presented by Wallace in this book has sparked an intriguing debate between him and Robert R. Williams.[8][9][10][11]
Selected publications
Monographs
- Hegel's Philosophy of Reality, Freedom, and God. 2005. doi:10.1017/CBO9781139173384. ISBN 978-0-521-84484-0.[12]
- Philosophical Mysticism in Plato, Hegel, and the Present. Bloomsbury. 26 December 2019. ISBN 978-1-350-08287-8.[13][14]
Translations
- Blumenberg, Hans (1983). The Legitimacy of the Modern Age. Translated by Wallace, Robert M. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-52105-5.[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]
Articles
- "Mutual Recognition and Ethics: A Hegelian Reformulation of the Kantian Argument for the Rationality of Morality". American Philosophical Quarterly. 32 (3): 263–270. 1995. ISSN 0003-0481. JSTOR 20009827.[25]
References
- ^ "Macrina Magazine". www.macrinamagazine.com. Retrieved 2025-06-18.
- ^ a b Autonomy and the agent's final end : Hegel's reformulation of Kant's argument for the rationality of morality | WorldCat.org. OCLC 64082280.
- ^ Dryden, Jane; Hegel Society of America, in cooperation with the Philosophy Documentation Center (2006). "Hegel's Philosophy of Reality, Freedom, and God, by Robert M. Wallace". Owl of Minerva. 38 (1): 203–208. doi:10.5840/owl2006/2007381/219. ISSN 0030-7580.
- ^ Lardic, Jean-Marie (2007). "Bulletin de littérature hégélienne XVII (2007)". Archives de philosophie (in French). 70 (4): 653–679. doi:10.3917/aphi.704.0653. ISSN 0003-9632.
- ^ Williams, Robert R. "Robert M. Wallace, Hegel's Philosophy of Reality, Freedom, and God, Cambridge University Press, 2005, 380pp, $75.00 (hbk), ISBN 0521844843".
- ^ Steinberger, Peter (2007). "Review of Hegel's Philosophy of Reality, Freedom and God". The Review of Metaphysics. 60 (4): 890–892. ISSN 0034-6632. JSTOR 20130881.
- ^ Crouter, Richard (2006). "Review of Hegel's Philosophy of Reality, Freedom, and God". German Studies Review. 29 (2): 454–455. ISSN 0149-7952. JSTOR 27668096.
- ^ Williams, Robert R.; Hegel Society of America, in cooperation with the Philosophy Documentation Center (2011). "Hegel's Concept of The True Infinite". Owl of Minerva. 42 (1): 89–122. doi:10.5840/owl2010/2011421/25. ISSN 0030-7580.
- ^ Williams, Robert R.; Hegel Society of America, in cooperation with the Philosophy Documentation Center (2011). "Hegel's True Infinity As Panentheism: Reply to Robert Wallace". Owl of Minerva. 42 (1): 137–152. doi:10.5840/owl2010/2011421/27. ISSN 0030-7580.
- ^ Wallace, Robert M.; Hegel Society of America, in cooperation with the Philosophy Documentation Center (2011). "True Infinity and Hegel's Rational Mysticism: A Reply to Professor Williams". Owl of Minerva. 42 (1): 123–135. doi:10.5840/owl2010/2011421/26. ISSN 0030-7580.
- ^ Rinaldi, Giacomo (2016-04-25), "The Metaphysical Presuppositions of Hegel's Philosophy of Self-Consciousness", Hegel and Metaphysics, De Gruyter, pp. 89–108, doi:10.1515/9783110424447-008, ISBN 978-3-11-042444-7, retrieved 2025-06-18
- ^ Robert R., Williams (January 14, 2006). "Robert M. Wallace, Hegel's Philosophy of Reality, Freedom, and God, Cambridge University Press, 2005, 380pp, $75.00 (hbk), ISBN 0521844843". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews.
- ^ Sutherland, Keith (2022-01-01). "Philosophical Mysticism in Plato, Hegel and the Present". Journal of Consciousness Studies.
- ^ "Book Reviews". Journal of Consciousness Studies. 29 (11–12): 232–254. 2022-12-01. doi:10.53765/20512201.29.11.232.
- ^ Crosson, Frederick J. (1985). Blumenberg, Hans; Wallace, Robert M. (eds.). "Modernity's Non-Christian Origins". The Review of Politics. 47 (4): 625–628. ISSN 0034-6705.
- ^ MacIntyre, Alasdair (1985). "Review of The Legitimacy of the Modern Age". American Journal of Sociology. 90 (4): 924–926. ISSN 0002-9602.
- ^ Hinze, Bradford E. (1986). "Review of The Legitimacy of the Modern Age". The Journal of Religion. 66 (2): 209–210. ISSN 0022-4189.
- ^ Jay, Martin (1985). "Review of The Legitimacy of the Modern Age". History and Theory. 24 (2): 183–196. doi:10.2307/2505281. ISSN 0018-2656.
- ^ Bouwsma, William J. (1984). "Review of The Legitimacy of the Modern Age". The Journal of Modern History. 56 (4): 698–701. ISSN 0022-2801.
- ^ Campbell, Gregor (1991). Blumenberg, Hans; Wallace, Robert M.; Habermas, Jürgen; Lawrence, Frederick (eds.). "Work on Reason". Diacritics. 21 (4): 54–68. doi:10.2307/465376. ISSN 0300-7162.
- ^ Yack, Bernard (1987). Blumenberg, Hans; Wallace, Robert M. (eds.). "Myth and Modernity: Hans Blumenberg's Reconstruction of Modern Theory". Political Theory. 15 (2): 244–261. ISSN 0090-5917.
- ^ Gordon, Peter E. (2019). "Introduction: Reflections on the Fiftieth Anniversary of Hans Blumenberg's The Legitimacy of the Modern Age". Journal of the History of Ideas. 80 (1): 67–74. ISSN 0022-5037.
- ^ Styfhals, Willem (2019). "Modernity as Theodicy: Odo Marquard Reads Hans Blumenberg's The Legitimacy of the Modern Age". Journal of the History of Ideas. 80 (1): 113–132. ISSN 0022-5037.
- ^ Holmes, Stephen (March 1984). "Legitimacy of the Modern Age. By Hans Blumenberg. Translated by Robert Wallace. (Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1983. Pp. xxxi + 677. $35.50.)". American Political Science Review. 78 (1): 278–279. doi:10.2307/1961343. ISSN 0003-0554.
- ^ Shannon, Daniel E.; Hegel Society of America, in cooperation with the Philosophy Documentation Center (1995). "Hegel at the American Philosophical Association, Central Division, Chicago". Owl of Minerva. 27 (1): 117–118. doi:10.5840/owl199527134. ISSN 0030-7580.