Dr. Eric Mohr earned his Ph.D. from Duquesne University in 2014 and came to the Philosophy Department at Saint Vincent College that year. He is also Chair of the Liberal Arts Department of interdisciplinary studies and Secretary of the Max Scheler Society of North America. He lives in Pittsburgh's East End with his wife, Holly, and three children.
Dr. Mohr specializes in moral and critical phenomenology and ethical personalism. He researches philosophies of the person and identity, love and value with a particular focus on the work of twentieth-century German philosopher, Max Scheler. Most recently, he is co-editor of Legacies of Max Scheler (Marquette University Press, 2024) and co-editor of Edith Stein and Max Scheler in Dialogue (Bloomsbury, forthcoming 2025).
Mohr, “Two Tenets of Personalism: Irreducibility and Individuality in Scheler and Stein,” Edith Stein and Max Scheler in Dialogue (Bloomsbury, 2025).
Mohr, "Through Windows of Love and Hatred: A Critical Phenomenology of Dehumanization," in Phenomenologies of Love (Brill, 2024).
Mohr, "The Dignity of Difference: Individuality as Source and Expression of Personal Value," in Legacies of Max Scheler (Marquette, 2024).
Mohr, "Mixing Fire and Water: A Critical Phenomenology," in Phenomenology for the Twenty-First Century (Palgrave, 2016).
