Manfred Baum

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Manfred Baum (born 15 April 1939 in Cologne) is a German philosopher and second chairman of the German Kant Society. In 1993, he was appointed professor of philosophy at the University of Wuppertal, where he continues to teach after his retirement. [1] [2]

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His research focuses on the philosophy of Immanuel Kant. However, ancient philosophy, the Enlightenment, German Idealism, and Marxist theory have also regularly been the subjects of his publications and teaching.

Life

Baum studied English, German, education, and philosophy in Cologne and Munich from 1958 to 1970. He earned his doctorate in 1970 with a dissertation titled Die transzendentale Deduktion in Kants Kritiken. Interpretationen zur kritischen Philosophie under Karl-Heinz Volkmann-Schluck and Ludwig Landgrebe.

After working at the Hegel Archive at the Ruhr University Bochum, he completed his habilitation in 1981 at the University of Siegen with a study titled Die Entstehung der Hegelschen Dialektik.

Since 1996, he has been co-editor of the journal Kant-Studien.

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  1. "Prof. Dr. Manfred Baum". www.philosophie.uni-wuppertal.de (in German). Retrieved 2025-07-01.
  2. ""Manfred Baum"". Kürschners Deutscher Gelehrten-Kalender Online. 2010. doi:10.1515/kdgo via De Gruyter.
  3. Hespe, Franz (2023-03-31). "Manfred Baum: Kleine Schriften 2. Arbeiten zu Kants praktischer Philosophie. Hrsg. von Dieter Hüning. Berlin/Boston: Walter de Gruyter, 2020. 391 Seiten. ISBN 978-3-11-060377-4". Kant-Studien. 114 (1): 155–158. doi:10.1515/kant-2023-2002. ISSN   1613-1134.
  4. Aquila, Richard E. (1987). "Comments on Manfred Baum's "the B-Deduction and the Refutation of Idealism"". The Southern Journal of Philosophy. 25 (S1): 109–114. doi:10.1111/j.2041-6962.1987.tb01655.x. ISSN   2041-6962.
  5. Kisser, Thomas (2001). "Review of Schriften und Entwürfe (1799-1808). Gesammelte Werke. Band 5". Hegel-Studien. 36: 239–248. ISSN   0073-1587. JSTOR   26589472.
  6. De Vos, L. (1999). "Review of Schriften und Entwürfe (1799-1808). (Gesammelte Werke. Band 5)". Tijdschrift voor Filosofie. 61 (1): 169–170. ISSN   1370-575X. JSTOR   40888668.