dr. Catherine Robb

Bio

Catherine completed her PhD in Philosophy from the University of Glasgow in 2017, and  previously worked at the University of Hull before moving to Tilburg University in August 2018.

Catherine's research interests are in ethics and metaphysics, particularly the nature and value of talent, ability and skill, and the implications this has for well-being, morality and equality.

She also has an active research in aesthetics, phenomenology and the philosophy of music, currently working on Merleau-Ponty's phenomenological account of music, silence and ideas.

Underpinning Catherine's research is an interest in the nature of philosophical methodology more generally, questioning the so-called boundary between 'analytic' and 'continental' philosophies. 

Courses

• Perspectives on Europe
• Methodology: Styles of Philosophy
• Philosophical Skills for Premasters
• Philosophical Skills for Premasters
• The Canon and Beyond (Fall)

Recent publications

1. How to Know a City: The Epistemic Value of City Tours

   Robb, C., & Lopez-Cantero, P. (2023). How to Know a City: The Epistemic Value of City Tours. Philosophy of the City Journal, 1(1).

2. Music Between Sound and Idea: Reconciling Merleau-Ponty's Late Phenom…

   Robb, C. (2023). Music Between Sound and Idea: Reconciling Merleau-Ponty's Late Phenomenology of Music. Tijdschrift voor Filosofie, 85(1), 61-83.

3. Being a Celebrity - Alienation, Integrity, and the Uncanny

   Archer, A., & Robb, C. (2022). Being a Celebrity: Alienation, Integrity, and the Uncanny. Journal of the American Philosophical Association, 1-19. Advance online publication.

4. The Morality of Fame

   Archer, A., Dennis, M., & Robb, C. (2022). The Morality of Fame. Ethical Perspectives: Journal of the European Ethics Network, 29(1), 1-6.

5. Talent, Skill, and Celebrity

   Robb, C., & Archer, A. (2022). Talent, Skill, and Celebrity. Ethical Perspectives: Journal of the European Ethics Network, 29(1), 33-63.