Michael Baur (philosopher)

Michael Baur
Born1963 (age 61–62)
Academic background
EducationUniversity of Toronto (PhD)
ThesisHegel and Heidegger as Transcendental Philosophers (1991)
Doctoral advisorGraeme Nicholson, Rebecca Comay
Other advisorsKenneth L. Schmitz, H. S. Harris
Academic work
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
School or traditionGerman Idealism, medieval philosophy, legal theory
InstitutionsFordham University

Michael Baur (born 1963) is a professor of philosophy and an adjunct professor of law at Fordham University.[1]

Michael Baur's research focuses on philosophers from the German Idealist tradition, including Kant, Hegel, and Fichte. He also has published on thinkers in ancient and medieval philosophy, especially Aristotle and Aquinas, and on topics in twentieth century continental philosophy, American pragmatism, and the philosophy of law. He presently serves as the Secretary of the Hegel Society of America, and was series editor of the Cambridge Hegel Translations published by Cambridge University Press.[2][3] He also is a past President of the Metaphysical Society of America.[4]

Life and work

Michael Baur was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. He went to Loyola High School in Los Angeles, graduating in 1981. In 1985, he obtained his B.A. degree (double-majoring in philosophy and theology) from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.  While an undergraduate, he spent his junior year (1983-1984) abroad at Durham University, England, where he studied under E.J. Lowe, David M. Knight, and Sheridan Gilley.  He earned his M.A. in Philosophy (1986) and his Ph.D. in philosophy (1991) from the University of Toronto, where he studied under Rebecca Comay, Graeme Nicholson, Kenneth L. Schmitz, H.S. Harris, Joseph Owens, and Thomas Langan.  With the help of a Fulbright scholarship, he spent the 1988-1989 academic year at the University of Heidelberg, where he studied under Hans-Georg Gadamer, Hans-Friedrich Fulda, and Günter Figal.  He taught at The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, from 1991 to 1995.  He earned a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1998.  He has been teaching at Fordham University since 1998.

Books

  • Baur, Michael (2015-05-01). G. W. F. Hegel: Key Concepts (1 ed.). Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781315744292. ISBN 978-1-315-74429-2.
  • Houlgate, Stephen; Baur, Michael, eds. (2011-04-08). A Companion to Hegel (1 ed.). Wiley. doi:10.1002/9781444397161. ISBN 978-1-4051-7076-5.[5][6][7][8]
  • "Hegel and the Tradition: Essays in Honour of H.S. Harris", Hegel and the Tradition, University of Toronto Press, 1998-01-21, doi:10.3138/9781442675674, ISBN 978-1-4426-7567-4, retrieved 2025-07-15[9][10]
  • The Emergence of German Idealism. Catholic University of America Press. 1999. doi:10.2307/j.ctt21pxmwh. ISBN 978-0-8132-3050-4.[11]

Translations

References

  1. ^ "Michael Baur | Fordham". www.fordham.edu. Retrieved 2025-07-15.
  2. ^ "Officers of the HSA". The Hegel Society of America. Retrieved 2025-09-21.
  3. ^ "Cambridge Hegel Translations". Cambridge Core. Retrieved 2025-09-21.
  4. ^ "About the Metaphysical Society". www.metaphysicalsociety.org. Retrieved 2025-10-10.
  5. ^ De Vos, Lu (2012). "Review of A Companion to Hegel (Blackwell Companions to Philosophy)". Tijdschrift voor Filosofie. 74 (2): 361–364. ISSN 1370-575X.
  6. ^ Petheram, Michel (2012-01-01). "A Companion to Hegel". Reference Reviews. 26 (4): 12–12. doi:10.1108/09504121211233600. ISSN 0950-4125.
  7. ^ Lim T.N., Timothy (2012). "A Companion to Hegel. Edited by Stephen Houlgate and Michael Baur . Blackwell Companion to Philosophy Series. New York: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. Pp. xviii + 649. $144.99". Religious Studies Review. 38 (3): 148–148. doi:10.1111/j.1748-0922.2012.01620_20.x. ISSN 1748-0922.
  8. ^ Klikauer, Thomas; Hegel Society of America (2012). "Stephen Houlgate and Michael Baur, eds. A Companion to Hegel:". Owl of Minerva. 44 (1): 154–168. doi:10.5840/owl2012/2013441/223. ISSN 0030-7580.
  9. ^ Dudley, Will (January 2001). "Michael Baur and John Russon (eds), Hegel and the Tradition: Essays in Honour of H.S. Harris (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1997), pp. xv + 349. ISBN 0-8020-0927-1". Hegel Bulletin. 22 (1–2): 72–79. doi:10.1017/S0263523200001609. ISSN 0263-5232.
  10. ^ Estes, Yolanda; Hegel Society of America, in cooperation with the Philosophy Documentation Center (2000). "Hegel and the Tradition: Essays in Honour of H. S. Harris". Owl of Minerva. 32 (1): 82–88. doi:10.5840/owl200032111. ISSN 0030-7580.
  11. ^ Linker, Damon (2000). "Review of The Emergence of German Idealism". The Review of Metaphysics. 54 (2): 417–418. ISSN 0034-6632.
  12. ^ Rush, Fred. "Book 1: The Phenomenology of Spirit, Michael Inwood (ed. and trans.) Book 2: The Phenomenology of Spirit, Terry Pinkard (ed. and trans.)". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. Archived from the original on 2024-07-29. Retrieved 2025-08-09.
  13. ^ Monaghan, P.A. (2002). "Review of Foundations of Natural Right According to the Principles of the Wissenschaftslehre, Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought". History of Political Thought. 23 (4): 693–694. ISSN 0143-781X.
  14. ^ Breazeale, Daniel (2001). "Foundations of Natural Right according to the Principles of the Wissenschaftslehre (review)". Journal of the History of Philosophy. 39 (2): 305–306. doi:10.1353/hph.2003.0096. ISSN 1538-4586.
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