Kenneth R. Westphal

Kenneth R. Westphal
Born
Kenneth Robert Westphal

(1955-12-20) December 20, 1955 (age 70)
Evanston, Illinois, U.S.
Academic background
EducationUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison (MA, PhD)
ThesisNietzsche on Truth and Knowledge (Realism, Perspectivism, Interpretation, Epistemology, Skepticism) (1986)
Donald W. Crawford
Academic work
EraContemporary philosophy
Sub-discipline
Philosophy of religion
RegionWestern philosophy
School or tradition
German idealism
InstitutionsBoğaziçi University
Academia Europaea
Websiteae-info.org

Kenneth Robert Westphal (born December 20, 1955) is an American philosopher who is a professor emeritus of philosophy at the Academia Europaea. From 2014 to 2021 he was professor of philosophy at Boğaziçi University, Istanbul.

Education

Westphal earned a B.A. in Social Theory from the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign in 1977. Following this, he pursued his graduate studies in Philosophy entering University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1978, earning an M.A. in 1981 and a Ph.D. in 1986 with the dissertation "Nietzsche on Truth and Knowledge (Realism, Perspectivism, Interpretation, Epistemology, Skepticism)". During his doctoral studies, Westphal also studied at the Freie Universität Berlin (1983–84) and the Ohio State University (1984–85).

Honors and awards

Westphal was awarded the George Armstrong Kelly Prize for his article Kant on the State, Law, and Obedience to Authority in the Alleged "Anti-Revolutionary" Writings by the Conference for the Study of Political Thought, when the former was published by the Journal of Philosophical Research in 1992.

Publications

Monographs

Editorials

Articles

References

  1. 1 2 "Academy of Europe: Westphal Kenneth". www.ae-info.org. Retrieved 2025-06-11.
  2. ↑ "Prof. Dr. Kenneth R. Westphal". www.humboldt-foundation.de (in German). Retrieved 2025-06-11.
  3. ↑ "Kenneth R. Westphal | Department of Philosophy". Boğaziçi University.
  4. ↑ philpeople.org https://philpeople.org/public_cache/file?content_type=application%2Fpdf&key=spUUrFy8WKP8RP5g5dAvBKzT. Archived from the original on 2024-12-22. Retrieved 2025-07-06. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ "Academy of Europe: CV". www.ae-info.org. Retrieved 2025-07-06.
  6. ↑ Scaglia, Lara (2022-11-07). "Kant's Transcendental Deduction of the Categories, written by Kenneth R. Westphal". History of Philosophy & Logical Analysis. 25 (2): 412–420. doi:10.30965/26664275-bja10062. ISSN 2666-4275.
  7. ↑ Stephenson, Andrew (December 2022). "Kenneth R. Westphal, Kant's Transcendental Deduction of the Categories: Critical Re-Examination, Elucidation and Corroboration. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press, 2021. ISBN 978-9-5236-9028-8 (pbk). ISBN 978-952-369-029-5 (pdf) DOI 10.33134/HUP-7. Pp. 118". Hegel Bulletin. 43 (3): 491–496. doi:10.1017/hgl.2022.31. ISSN 2051-5367.
  8. ↑ Johansson, Jan (June 2022). "Kenneth R. Westphal, Kant's Transcendental Deduction of the Categories: Critical Re-Examination, Elucidation and Corroboration Helsinki: Helsinki University Press, 2021 Pp. 111 ISBN 9789523690288 DOI 10.33134/HUP-7". Kantian Review. 27 (2): 341–344. doi:10.1017/S1369415421000649. ISSN 1369-4154.
  9. ↑ Jenkins, Scott (2006-03-01). "Hegel's Epistemology: A Philosophical Introduction to the Phenomenology of Spirit, by Kenneth R. Westphal". The Owl of Minerva. 38 (1/2): 151–158. doi:10.5840/owl2006/2007381/212.
  10. ↑ McCumber, John (2004-07-01). "Book reviews: A Philosophical Introduction to the 'Phenomenology of Spirit'". Continental Philosophy Review. 37 (3): 367–381. doi:10.1007/s11007-004-3530-y. ISSN 1573-1103.
  11. ↑ Heidemann, Dietmar H.; Westphal, Kenneth R. (2000). "Hegel, Hume und die Identität wahrnehmbarer Dinge. Historisch-kritische Analyse zum Kapitel "Wahrnehmung" in der Phänomenologie von 1807. (Philosophische Abhandlungen. Bd 72.), Westphal, Kenneth R." Hegel-Studien. 35: 154–160. ISSN 0073-1587. JSTOR 26589445.
  12. ↑ De Vos, L. (1999). "Review of Hegel, Hume und die Identität wahrnehmbarer Dinge. Historisch-kritische Analyse zum Kapitel 'Wahrnehmung' in der Phänomenologie von 1807 (Philosophische Abhandlungen, 72)". Tijdschrift voor Filosofie. 61 (1): 171–172. ISSN 1370-575X. JSTOR 40888670.
  13. ↑ Iseli, Rebecca (1999). "Review of Hegel, Hume und die Identität wahrnehmbarer Dinge. Historisch-kritische Analyse zum Kapitel "Wahrnehmung" in der Phänomenologie von 1807". Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung. 53 (3): 468–472. ISSN 0044-3301. JSTOR 20484909.
  14. ↑ Stern, Robert (January 1993). "Kenneth R Westphal, Hegel's Epistemological Realism: A Study of the Aim and Method of Hegel's 'Phenomenology of Spirit', Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1989, pp xiv + 309, Hb £41/$69". Hegel Bulletin. 14 (1–2): 56–58. doi:10.1017/S0263523200005061. ISSN 0263-5232.
  15. ↑ Giladi, Paul (May 2015). "Kenneth R. Westphal (ed.). The Blackwell Guide to Hegel's 'Phenomenology of Spirit'.Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. ISBN: 978-1-4051-3110-0, pbk, £24.99. Pp. 325". Hegel Bulletin. 36 (1): 111–115. doi:10.1017/hgl.2015.7. ISSN 2051-5367.
  16. ↑ Vieillard-Baron, Jean-Louis (2010). "Review of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit, "Blackwell Guides to Great Works"f". Revue Philosophique de la France et de l'Étranger. 200 (2): 282. ISSN 0035-3833. JSTOR 41100734.
  17. ↑ Moyar, Dean. "The Blackwell Guide to Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit". Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. Archived from the original on 2024-07-29. Retrieved 2025-07-09.
  18. ↑ Alznauer, Mark (2016-07-01). "Is Hegel a Natural Law Constructivist?". The Owl of Minerva. 48 (1/2): 45–56. doi:10.5840/owl2017111520.
  19. ↑ Conklin, William E. (2016-07-01). "Hegel and a Third Theory of Law". The Owl of Minerva. 48 (1/2): 57–74. doi:10.5840/owl2017111621.
  20. ↑ Babić, Jovan (2016-07-01). "Primacy of Factuality: Remarks on Kenneth Westphal's". The Owl of Minerva. 48 (1/2): 75–93. doi:10.5840/owl2017111722.
  21. ↑ Toddington, Stuart (2016-07-01). "The Moral Truth about Normative Constructivism". The Owl of Minerva. 48 (1/2): 95–108. doi:10.5840/owl2017112923.
  22. ↑ Westphal, Kenneth R.; Hegel Society of America (2016). "Hegel's Natural Law Constructivism: Fundamentals of Republicanism". The Owl of Minerva. 48 (1): 109–140. doi:10.5840/owl2017112924. ISSN 0030-7580.
  23. ↑ Westphal, Kenneth R. (January 2009). "Discussion Note on K. R. Westphal, 'Force, Understanding and Ontology', Hegel Society of Great Britain 57/58 (2008):1–29". Hegel Bulletin. 30 (1–2): 111–112. doi:10.1017/S0263523200001002. ISSN 0263-5232.