Robert R. Williams (philosopher)

Robert Roy "Bob" Williams (1939 – March 10, 2018) was a professor emeritus of Germanic studies and religious studies at the University of Illinois Chicago.^[1][2]

Robert R. Williams
Born	1939
Died	March 10, 2018
Academic background
Alma mater	Union Theological Seminary (PhD)
Thesis	Consciousness and Redemption in the Theology of Friedrich Schleiermacher (1971)
Academic work
Era	Contemporary philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School or tradition	German Idealism
Institutions	University of Illinois Chicago

Life and works

Williams received his PhD from Union Theological Seminary in New York City in 1971 with the dissertation on "Consciousness and Redemption in the Theology of Friedrich Schleiermacher".^[3]

He played an important role in reviving interest in the philosophy of Hegel.^[4] In 2018 The Owl of Minerva dedicated a whole issue of the journal to the memory of Bob Williams, which contained review of his latest book Hegel on the Proofs and the Personhood of God.^[5]

Publications

• Williams, Robert R. (2017). Hegel on the Proofs and the Personhood of God. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198795223.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-879522-3.^[6][7]
• Williams, Robert R. (2012). Tragedy, Recognition, and the Death of God. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199656059.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-965605-9.^[8][9][10]
• Williams, Robert R. (1998). Williams, Robert R. (ed.). Hegel's Ethics of Recognition. doi:10.1525/9780520925533. ISBN 978-0-520-92553-3.^[11]
• Recognition: Fichte and Hegel on the Other. SUNY Press. January 1992. ISBN 978-0-7914-0857-5.^[12]