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John J. Stuhr
Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and American Studies, and Chair, Department of Philosophy, Emory University
Contact Information
Email: jstuhr@emory.edu
Office: 214 Bowden Hall, 561 S. Kilgo Circle, Emory University
Phone: (404) 727-6577
Fax: (404) 712-9425
Degrees
Ph.D., Vanderbilt University (1976), Philosophy
M.A., Vanderbilt University (1975), Philosophy
B.A., Carleton College (1973), Philosophy
Please Note
Professor Stuhr has accepted a new permanent position (as of 1 June 2008) at Emory University.Research Area
Professor Stuhr's main research interests include political philosophy, ethics, 19th and 20th century American and European philosophies, and contemporary cultural issues.
Current Research
Current research includes: several book projects on pragmatism and American philosophy (including a volume on American pragmatism for Blackwell, a short introduction to American philosophy more broadly for Oxford, an analysis of Dewey's theory of experience and its implications for understanding philosophy as criticism for Vanderbilt University Press, and an edited collection by scholars in history, literature, philosophy, and global studies on James's pragmatism); a book, tentatively titled, Forgiveness and the Unforgivable, that explores the meaning of forgiveness in personal life, religion, medicine and psychology, and politics; and several essays on topics that range from feminism and democratic theory (for Hypatia) to deliberation and public life (for the Kettering Review) to a study of the philosophies of Kant and Deleuze on ethics, and a study of the Hudson River School of painting in relation to the writings of Tocqueville, Emerson, and James. In March, 2006 he will deliver the Presidential Address to the Society for the Advancement of American, and in December, 2005, he will complete a series of multi-year funded projects on ethics, international affairs, and terrorism.
Recent Courses
Recent courses include graduate seminars on Philosophy, Politics, and Poetry, Pluralism and Radical Empiricism, Foucault and Deleuze, and Stoicism, as well as undergraduate courses on Ethics and Terrorism, American Philosophy, Liberalism and Its Critics, and Philosophy of Law .
Publications
- Thought Matters, ed., (New York: Oxford University Press, forthcoming)
- "Practice, Semiotics, and Pluralism," Journal of Speculative Philosophy, 19, 1, 2005
- "Inquiry and Criticism," in Dewey, Pragmatism, and Economic Methodology, E. Khalil, ed. (London: Routledge, 2004)
- "Old Ideals Crumble: War, Pragmatist Intellectuals, and the Limits of Philosophy," The Range of Pragmatism and the Limits of Philosophy, R. Shusterman, ed. (Oxford: Blackwell, 2004)
- "Pragmatism about Values and the Valuable in Economics," Journal of Economic Methodology (10, #2, 2003)
- Pragmatism, Postmodernism, and the Future of Philosophy (New York & London: Routledge, 2003)
- "Between the Lines of Age," in The Philosophical I, P. Yancy, ed. (New York: Rowman and Littlefield, 2002)
- "Democracy in the Face of Terrorism," Kettering Review (Spring, 2002)
- "Power/Inquiry: The Logic of Pragmatism," in Dewey's Logical Theory: New Studies and Interpretations, T. Burke, M. Hester, and R. Talisse, eds. (Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 2002)
- "Pragmatism as One of Many Human Persuasions," The Hedgehog Review: Critical Reflections on Contemporary Culture (Fall, 2001)
- Pragmatism and Classical American Philosophy (New York, Oxford University Press, 2000)
