{{Short description|American scholar}} {{Infobox academic | name = Kenneth R. Westphal | birth_name = Kenneth Robert Westphal | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|12|20}} | birth_place = Evanston, Illinois, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | awards = | education = University of Wisconsin–Madison (MA, PhD) | thesis_title = Nietzsche on Truth and Knowledge (Realism, Perspectivism, Interpretation, Epistemology, Skepticism) | thesis_url = https://www.proquest.com/docview/303555327 | thesis_year = 1986 | school_tradition = German idealism | doctoral_advisor = Donald W. Crawford | academic_advisors = | era = Contemporary philosophy | sub_discipline = Philosophy of religion | work_institutions = Boğaziçi University<br>Academia Europaea | doctoral_students = | main_interests = | notable_ideas = | website = [https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Westphal_Kenneth/ ae-info.org] | region = Western philosophy }} '''Kenneth Robert Westphal''' (born December 20, 1955) is an American philosopher who is a professor emeritus of philosophy at the Academia Europaea.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Academy of Europe: Westphal Kenneth |url=https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Westphal_Kenneth/ |access-date=2025-06-11 |website=www.ae-info.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Prof. Dr. Kenneth R. Westphal |url=https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/vernetzen/recherche-im-humboldt-netzwerk/einzelansicht/1030910/prof-dr-kenneth-r-westphal |access-date=2025-06-11 |website=www.humboldt-foundation.de |language=de}}</ref> From 2014 to 2021 he was professor of philosophy at Boğaziçi University, Istanbul.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kenneth R. Westphal {{!}} Department of Philosophy |url=https://phil.bogazici.edu.tr/en/people/kenneth-r-westphal |website=Boğaziçi University}}</ref>
== 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).<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://philpeople.org/public_cache/file?content_type=application%2Fpdf&key=spUUrFy8WKP8RP5g5dAvBKzT |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241222091035/https://philpeople.org/public_cache/file?content_type=application%2Fpdf&key=spUUrFy8WKP8RP5g5dAvBKzT |archive-date=2024-12-22 |access-date=2025-07-06 |website=philpeople.org |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Academy of Europe: CV |url=https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Westphal_Kenneth/CV |access-date=2025-07-06 |website=www.ae-info.org}}</ref>
== 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.<ref name=":0" />
== Publications ==
=== Monographs === * {{Cite book |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv1qp9h87 |title=Kant's Transcendental Deduction of the Categories: Critical Re-Examination, Elucidation & Corroboration: Critical Re-Examination, Elucidation and Corroboration|jstor=j.ctv1qp9h87|last1=Westphal|first1=Kenneth R.|date=2021|publisher=Helsinki University Press}}<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Scaglia |first=Lara |date=2022-11-07 |title=Kant's Transcendental Deduction of the Categories, written by Kenneth R. Westphal |url=https://brill.com/view/journals/hpla/25/2/article-p412_8.xml |journal=History of Philosophy & Logical Analysis |volume=25 |issue=2 |pages=412–420 |doi=10.30965/26664275-bja10062 |issn=2666-4275}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Stephenson |first=Andrew |date=December 2022 |title=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. |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/hegel-bulletin/article/abs/kenneth-r-westphal-kants-transcendental-deduction-of-the-categories-critical-reexamination-elucidation-and-corroboration-helsinki-helsinki-university-press-2021-isbn-9789523690288-pbk-isbn-9789523690295-pdf-httpsdoiorg1033134hup7-pp-118/5A43574E1D233C1A71DEF1788A99E360 |journal=Hegel Bulletin |language=en |volume=43 |issue=3 |pages=491–496 |doi=10.1017/hgl.2022.31 |issn=2051-5367|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Johansson |first=Jan |date=June 2022 |title=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 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/kantian-review/article/abs/kenneth-r-westphal-kants-transcendental-deduction-of-the-categories-critical-reexamination-elucidation-and-corroboration-helsinki-helsinki-university-press-2021-pp-111-isbn-9789523690288-doi-httpsdoiorg1033134hup7/BA8C4C27BAF0C7970B22ACD6CCDEFC2A |journal=Kantian Review |language=en |volume=27 |issue=2 |pages=341–344 |doi=10.1017/S1369415421000649 |issn=1369-4154|url-access=subscription }}</ref> * {{Cite book |url=https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511584497 |chapter=|doi=10.1017/CBO9780511584497|title=Kant's Transcendental Proof of Realism|date=2004|last1=Westphal|first1=Kenneth R.|isbn=978-0-521-83373-8}} * {{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fnyfQgAACAAJ |title=Hegel's Epistemology: A Philosophical Introduction to the Phenomenology of Spirit|date=2003|publisher=Hackett|isbn=978-0-87220-646-5}}<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Jenkins |first=Scott |date=2006-03-01 |title=Hegel's Epistemology: A Philosophical Introduction to the Phenomenology of Spirit, by Kenneth R. Westphal |url=https://www.pdcnet.org/pdc/bvdb.nsf/purchase?openform&fp=owl&id=owl_2006_0038_0001_0151_0158 |journal=The Owl of Minerva |language=en |volume=38 |issue=1/2 |pages=151–158 |doi=10.5840/owl2006/2007381/212|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=McCumber |first=John |date=2004-07-01 |title=Book reviews: A Philosophical Introduction to the 'Phenomenology of Spirit' |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s11007-004-3530-y |journal=Continental Philosophy Review |language=en |volume=37 |issue=3 |pages=367–381 |doi=10.1007/s11007-004-3530-y |issn=1573-1103|url-access=subscription }}</ref> * {{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U_HjAAAAMAAJ |title=Hegel, Hume und die Identität wahrnehmbarer Dinge: Historisch-kritische Analyse zum Kapitel Wahrnehmung in der Phänomenologie von 1807|date=31 December 1997|publisher=V. Klostermann|isbn=978-3-465-02970-0}}<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Heidemann |first1=Dietmar H. |last2=Westphal |first2=Kenneth R. |date=2000 |title=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. |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26589445 |journal=Hegel-Studien |volume=35 |pages=154–160 |jstor=26589445 |issn=0073-1587}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=De Vos |first=L. |date=1999 |title=Review of Hegel, Hume und die Identität wahrnehmbarer Dinge. Historisch-kritische Analyse zum Kapitel 'Wahrnehmung' in der Phänomenologie von 1807 (Philosophische Abhandlungen, 72) |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40888670 |journal=Tijdschrift voor Filosofie |volume=61 |issue=1 |pages=171–172 |jstor=40888670 |issn=1370-575X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Iseli |first=Rebecca |date=1999 |title=Review of Hegel, Hume und die Identität wahrnehmbarer Dinge. Historisch-kritische Analyse zum Kapitel "Wahrnehmung" in der Phänomenologie von 1807 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20484909 |journal=Zeitschrift für philosophische Forschung |volume=53 |issue=3 |pages=468–472 |jstor=20484909 |issn=0044-3301}}</ref> * {{Cite book |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2342-3 |chapter=|doi=10.1007/978-94-009-2342-3|title=Hegel's Epistemological Realism|date=1989|last1=Westphal|first1=Kenneth R.|isbn=978-94-010-7554-1}}<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Stern |first=Robert |date=January 1993 |title=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 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/hegel-bulletin/article/abs/kenneth-r-westphal-hegels-epistemological-realism-a-study-of-the-aim-and-method-of-hegels-phenomenology-of-spirit-dordrecht-kluwer-academic-publishers-1989-pp-xiv-309-hb-4169/6B0E69F91D54C3A6F8332C4553ADB88A |journal=Hegel Bulletin |language=en |volume=14 |issue=1–2 |pages=56–58 |doi=10.1017/S0263523200005061 |issn=0263-5232|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
=== Editorials === * {{Cite book |url=https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444306224 |chapter= |doi=10.1002/9781444306224 |title=The Blackwell Guide to Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit |date=2009 |isbn=978-1-4443-0622-4 |editor-last1=Westphal |editor-first1=Kenneth R.}}<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Giladi |first=Paul |date=May 2015 |title=Kenneth R. Westphal (ed.). The Blackwell Guide to Hegel's 'Phenomenology of Spirit'.Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009. {{text|ISBN}}: 978-1-4051-3110-0, pbk, £24.99. Pp. 325. |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/hegel-bulletin/article/abs/kenneth-r-westphal-ed-the-blackwell-guide-to-hegels-phenomenology-of-spiritoxford-wileyblackwell-2009-isbn-9781405131100-pbk-2499-pp-325/897C8E8FDB2722A21631D334C2206915 |journal=Hegel Bulletin |language=en |volume=36 |issue=1 |pages=111–115 |doi=10.1017/hgl.2015.7 |issn=2051-5367|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Vieillard-Baron |first=Jean-Louis |date=2010 |title=Review of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit, "Blackwell Guides to Great Works"f |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41100734 |journal=Revue Philosophique de la France et de l'Étranger |volume=200 |issue=2 |pages=282 |jstor=41100734 |issn=0035-3833}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Moyar |first=Dean |author-link=Dean Moyar |title=The Blackwell Guide to Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit |url=https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/the-blackwell-guide-to-hegel-s-phenomenology-of-spirit/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729104435/https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/the-blackwell-guide-to-hegel-s-phenomenology-of-spirit/ |archive-date=2024-07-29 |access-date=2025-07-09 |website=Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews |language=en-US |url-status=live }}</ref> * {{Cite book |url=https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315779515 |chapter=|doi=10.4324/9781315779515|title=Realism, Science, and Pragmatism|date=2014|isbn=978-1-317-69970-5|editor-last1=Westphal|editor-first1=Kenneth R.}}
=== Articles ===
* {{Cite journal |last1= Westphal|first1= Kenneth R.|date=2016 |title=Hegel, Natural Law & Moral Constructivism |url=https://www.pdcnet.org/pdc/bvdb.nsf/purchase?openform&fp=owl&id=owl_2016_0048_43102_0001_0044 |journal=The Owl of Minerva |language=en |volume=48 |issue=1/2 |pages=1–44 |doi=10.5840/owl201752719 |url-access=subscription}}<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Alznauer |first=Mark |date=2016-07-01 |title=Is Hegel a Natural Law Constructivist? |url=https://www.pdcnet.org/pdc/bvdb.nsf/purchase?openform&fp=owl&id=owl_2016_0048_43102_0045_0056 |journal=The Owl of Minerva |language=en |volume=48 |issue=1/2 |pages=45–56 |doi=10.5840/owl2017111520|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Conklin |first=William E. |date=2016-07-01 |title=Hegel and a Third Theory of Law |url=https://www.pdcnet.org/pdc/bvdb.nsf/purchase?openform&fp=owl&id=owl_2016_0048_43102_0057_0074 |journal=The Owl of Minerva |language=en |volume=48 |issue=1/2 |pages=57–74 |doi=10.5840/owl2017111621|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Babić |first=Jovan |date=2016-07-01 |title=Primacy of Factuality: Remarks on Kenneth Westphal's |url=https://www.pdcnet.org/pdc/bvdb.nsf/purchase?openform&fp=owl&id=owl_2016_0048_43102_0075_0093 |journal=The Owl of Minerva |language=en |volume=48 |issue=1/2 |pages=75–93 |doi=10.5840/owl2017111722|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Toddington |first=Stuart |date=2016-07-01 |title=The Moral Truth about Normative Constructivism |url=https://www.pdcnet.org/pdc/bvdb.nsf/purchase?openform&fp=owl&id=owl_2016_0048_43102_0095_0108 |journal=The Owl of Minerva |language=en |volume=48 |issue=1/2 |pages=95–108 |doi=10.5840/owl2017112923|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Westphal |first1=Kenneth R. |last2=Hegel Society of America |date=2016 |title=Hegel's Natural Law Constructivism: Fundamentals of Republicanism |url=http://www.pdcnet.org/oom/service?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=&rft.imuse_id=owl_2016_0048_43102_0109_0140&svc_id=info:www.pdcnet.org/collection |journal=The Owl of Minerva |volume=48 |issue=1 |pages=109–140 |doi=10.5840/owl2017112924 |issn=0030-7580|url-access=subscription }}</ref> * {{Cite journal |last1= Westphal|first1= Kenneth R.|date=2009 |title=Mutual Recognition and Rational Justification in Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/dialogue-canadian-philosophical-review-revue-canadienne-de-philosophie/article/abs/mutual-recognition-and-rational-justification-in-hegels-phenomenology-of-spirit/780DAFDA3963E6339D0193E758E872A4 |journal=Dialogue: Canadian Philosophical Review / Revue canadienne de philosophie |language=en |volume=48 |issue=4 |pages=753–799 |doi=10.1017/S0012217309990412 |issn=1759-0949|url-access=subscription }}
* {{Cite journal |title=Force, Understanding and Ontology |url=https://doi.org/10.1017/S0263523200000756 |journal=Bulletin of the Hegel Society of Great Britain |date=2008 |doi=10.1017/S0263523200000756 |last1= Westphal|first1= Kenneth R.|volume=29 |issue=1–2 |pages=1–29 |url-access=subscription}}<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Westphal |first=Kenneth R. |date=January 2009 |title=Discussion Note on K. R. Westphal, 'Force, Understanding and Ontology', Hegel Society of Great Britain 57/58 (2008):1–29. |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/hegel-bulletin/article/abs/discussion-note-on-k-r-westphal-force-understanding-and-ontology-hegel-society-of-great-britain-5758-2008129/D305412BD07B1BD9138EC7C60B954FF0 |journal=Hegel Bulletin |language=en |volume=30 |issue=1–2 |pages=111–112 |doi=10.1017/S0263523200001002 |issn=0263-5232|url-access=subscription }}</ref> * {{Cite journal |last1= Westphal|first1= Kenneth R.|date=2006 |title=How Does Kant Prove That We Perceive, and Not Merely Imagine, Physical Objects? |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20130701 |journal=The Review of Metaphysics |volume=59 |issue=4 |pages=781–806 |jstor= 20130701|issn=0034-6632}} * {{Cite journal |last1= Westphal|first1= Kenneth R.|date=1992 |title=Kant on the State, Law, and Obedience to Authority in the Alleged 'Anti-Revolutionary' Writings |url=http://www.pdcnet.org/oom/service?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=&rft.imuse_id=jpr_1992_0017_0383_0426&svc_id=info:www.pdcnet.org/collection |journal=Journal of Philosophical Research |volume=17 |pages=383–426 |doi=10.5840/jpr_1992_5 |issn=1053-8364|url-access=subscription }}
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