The Oxford Handbook of Kant

Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) is a towering figure of modern Western philosophy, someone whose thought continues to exert an influence across all areas of the discipline. His work is characterized by both breadth and unity: he writes powerfully about mind, epistemology, metaphysics, logic, mathematics, natural science, ethics, politics, aesthetics, education, and more. And across those areas, his work is concerned with defending a view of human beings and their place in nature according to which our own reason enables us to discover and uphold the laws of nature and freedom-that is, to think for ourselves.

The Oxford Handbook of KantÂprovides an up-to-date account of recent scholarship on Kant's philosophy, taking in all areas of his writings. It will be essential reading for students and researchers who want to think for themselves about the topics he wrote with such insight. The individual chapters to this Handbook each provide a scholarly analysis and assessment of some aspect of Kant's thought, and the collection ranges across all the areas to which Kant contributed. It collectively presents a picture of where the study of Kant's philosophy finds itself at this point in the twenty-first century.

Anil Gomes, Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at Trinity College, Oxford, and Professor in Philosophy at the University of Oxford,Andrew Stephenson, Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Southampton

Anil Gomes is Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at Trinity College, Oxford, and Professor in Philosophy at the University of Oxford. He has written on a range of topics in the philosophy of mind, the philosophy of Immanuel Kant, and the work of Iris Murdoch. He is the author of The Practical Self (Oxford University Press, 2024) and the editor, with Andrew Stephenson, of Kant and the Philosophy of Mind (Oxford University Press, 2017).


Andrew Stephenson is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Southampton. He has held visiting research positions at Humboldt University and Free University, Berlin, and at Leipzig University as a Humboldt Fellow. Stephenson works primarily on Kant and related issues in contemporary philosophy of mind and meta-physics. He has published in The Philosophical Review, Philosophersâ Imprint, Philosophical Quarterly, Synthese, and Kantian Review. Stephenson is the editor, with Anil Gomes, of Kant and the Philosophy of Mind.

1. Kant on Method, Karl SchaferPART I. WHAT CAN I KNOW?2. Kant on Cognition and Knowledge, Markus Kohl3. Kant on Transcendental Idealism, Tobias Rosefeldt4. Kant on the Pure Forms of Sensibility, Anil Gomes & Andrew Stephenson5. Kant on Mathematics, Katherine Dunlop6. Kant on Logic, Ralf M. Bader7. Kant on the Metaphysical Deduction of the Categories, Nicholas F. Stang8. Kant on Consciousness and Self-Consciousness, Matthew Boyle9. 9. Kant on Transcendental Deduction of the Categories, Alison Laywine10. Kant on Substance and Causation, Jessica Leech & Mark Textor11. Kant on the Special Sciences, Jessica J. Williams12. Kant on Modality, Colin Marshall & Aaron Barker13. Kant's Criticism of Metaphysics, Eric WatkinsPART II. WHAT OUGHT I TO DO?14. Kant on Autonomy and Freedom, Lucy Allais15. Kant on the Moral Law, Barbara Herman16. Kant on Duty and Moral Motivation, Johannes Haag17. Kant on Humanity, Jeanine Grenberg & Matthew Vinton18. Kant on Community, Chong-Fuk Lau & Chun-Yip Lowe19. Kant on Virtue, Alison Hills20. Kant on Right, Rafeeq Hasan21. Kant on Property, Helga Varden22. Kant on the State, Japa Pallikkathayil23. Kant on Practical Reason, Patricia Kitcher24. Kant on the Unity of Reason, Clinton TolleyPART III. WHAT MAY I HOPE?25. Kant on Hope, Claudia Blöser & Marcus Willaschek26. Kant on the Highest Good, Andrew Chignell & Alexander T. Englert27. Kant on Religion, Reed Winegar28. Kant on Peace and History, Reidar Maliks29. Kant on Feeling and the Power of Judgment, Alix Cohen30. Kant on Nature and Freedom, Colin McLear31. Kant on the Regulative Role of Reason, Angela BreitenbachPART IV. WHAT IS THE HUMAN BEING?32. Kant on Teleology, Andrea Kern33. Kant on Beauty and Humility, Samantha Matherne34. Kant on the Sublime, Rachel Zuckert35. Kant on the Empirical Self, Kate Moran36. Kant on Evil, Melissa Merritt37. Kant on Sex and Gender, Carol Hay38. Kant on Race, Lea Ypi39. Kant on Education, Patrick R. Frierson40. Kant on Enlightenment, Ian Proops