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Professor, Department Chair
Ph.D., University of Tübingen
Fields: Philosophy of language, philosophy of mind and psychology, philosophy of social science, meta-ethics, and Wittgenstein
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Email:kstueber@holycross.edu
Office Phone: 508-793-3395
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Biography
Karsten Stueber is well-known internationally for his scholarship on empathy and has widely published in the areas of philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, the philosophy of the social sciences, and meta-ethics. At the moment, he is particularly interested in exploring the role ofempathy for the foundations of morality.
Books
Most Recent Release
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English
 Publisher:A Bradford Book (August 13, 2010) |  Publisher:Westview Press (December 15, 1999) |  Publisher: De Gruyter; 1 edition (December 10, 2009) |
Other Languages
|  Publisher: UTB, Stuttgart (September 1, 1996), Language: German |  ( Italiantranslation of "Rediscovering Empathy") Publisher: Il Mulino |
Important Articles
“Smithian Constructivism: Elucidating the Reality of the Normative Domain,” inMoral Sentimentalism, co-edited by R. Debes and K. Stueber (Cambridge University Press 2017), 192-209.
“The Cognitive Function of Narratives,”Journal of the Philosophy of History9 (2015), 393-409.
“The Causal Autonomy of Reason Explanations and How not to Worry about Causal Deviance,”Philosophy of the Social Sciences43 (2013), 24-45.
“Varieties of Empathy, Neuroscience and the Narrativist Challenge to the Contemporary Theory of Mind Debate,” inEmotion Review4 (2012), 55-63.
“Understanding vs. Explanation? How to Think about the Difference between the Human and the Natural Sciences,” inInquiry55 (2012), 17-32.
“Imagination, Empathy, and Moral Deliberation: The Case of Imaginative Resistance,” inSouthern Journal of Philosophy49 (2011), Spindel Supplement, 156-180.
“Reasons, Generalizations, Empathy, and Narratives: The Epistemic Structure of Action Explanation,” inHistory and Theory47 (2008): 31-43.
"Empathy",The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,Edward N. Zalta(ed.), URL = <>. First published March 2008
"Mental Causation and the Paradox of Explanation," inPhilosophical Studies122 (2005): 243-277.
“How to Think about Rules and Rule-Following,” in Philosophy of the Social Sciences35 (2005): 307-323.
“The Psychological Basis of Historical Explanation: Reenactment, Simulation, and the Fusion of Horizons,” inHistory and Theory21 (2002): 25-42. (Reprinted inThe Philosophy of Social Science Reader, edited by F. Guala and D. Steele (London: Routledge, 2010)).
“The Problem of Self-Knowledge,” inErkenntnis56 (2002): 269-296.
Courses
- Philosophical Inquiries
- Philosophy of Mind
- Logic and Language
- Foundations of Ethics
- Philosophy of Science
- Seminars: Philosophy of the Social Sciences; Moral Psychology; The Nature of Morality; Narrative, History, and Agenc