Robert Pippin

Robert B. Pippin
Born (1948-09-14) September 14, 1948
Academic background
EducationTrinity College, Hartford
Pennsylvania State University (PhD)
ThesisKant and the Problem of Transcendental Philosophy: Unity and Form in the "Critique of Pure Reason" (1974)
Doctoral advisorStanley Rosen
Other advisorThomas Seebohm
Academic work
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
School or traditionPostanalytic
Hegelianism
Notable studentsJon Stewart, James Kreines, Allen Speight, Dean Moyar
Main interestsHistory of philosophy, epistemology, ethics, aesthetics, modernity, normativity
Notable ideasNon-metaphysical (or post-Kantian) interpretation of Hegel, Criticism of structuralism

Robert Buford Pippin (born September 14, 1948) is an American philosopher. He is the Evelyn Stefansson Nef Distinguished Service Professor at the John U. Nef Committee on Social Thought, the Department of Philosophy, and the college at the University of Chicago.