Philosophy 426
“Kant”

Kant Discussion (Reactions to current assignment)

A WebBoard for students in Philosophy 426. Questions and comments posted here will be available to all students in the course.

Kant, Critique of Pure Reason

This is a searchable on-line version of the Norman Kemp Smith translation of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. Searches can be slow (the server is located in Hong Kong), the search engine does not work entirely reliably, and a blue background makes reading the text unnecessarily difficult. Nevertheless, this is a useful research tool.

Kant, Critique of Pure Reason

Here is the Norman Kemp Smith translation of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason in eight downloadable HTML-coded sections. You might be able to get more accurate, and certainly faster, searches by downloading the text to your computer and using your browser's search capability. Being able to lookup passages offline and to choose your own colors and fonts for displaying the text would be additional advantages.

Kant, Philosophische Briefe

The Past Master’s searchable editions of Kant’s principal works and philosophical letters in their original German are available only from an NIU IP address or with authentication.

Kant, Critique of Judgment

This is the James Creed Meredith translation (first edition, 1928) in ASCII format.

Kant's Works in German and in English translation

This site has links to both German and English versions of both editions of the Critique of Pure Reason and to various other works.

Kant on the Web

A collection of resources on Kant by Steven Palmquist, who prepared the preceding HTML version of the Critique. In addition to that text, the site also has an HTML version of Religion within the Bounds of Reason Alone and four essays. Professor Palmquist also provides an index and a concordance for the Kemp Smith translation, a bibliography of English translations of Kant, and a glossary of Kant's technical terms. Additionally, there are some of his books and articles and an extensive list of links to other internet resources on Kant.

Draft of Steven Palmquist's Kant's Critical Religion

An examination of Kant's views about religion and the role of theology in the critical philosophy.

Kant and 11 September 2001

Joel Marks gives, in Philosophy Now, a Kantian analysis of the terrorist attack of 11 September