Journal of Transcendental Philosophy

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The Journal of Transcendental Philosophy (JTPH) provides a forum for philosophers working in the transcendental tradition, broadly construed as any form of thinking that presents itself as a creative continuation of the manner of philosophizing inaugurated by Kant. It welcomes both historical and systematic articles on a wide range of topics from epistemology, philosophy of mind, phenomenology, philosophy of science, philosophy of nature, and philosophy of culture, to ethics, political philosophy, and metaphilosophy. The journal also invites contributions on Kant and early responses to Kant, German Idealism and Romanticism as well as hitherto understudied currents of transcendental philosophy, such as Neo-Kantianism and Anglophone Idealism. It is particularly receptive to articles that draw systematic connections to contemporary issues or reveal lines of influence among different philosophical traditions.

The journal will be published in three issues per year. We welcome paper submissions in all fields pertinent to Transcendental Philosophy. Papers will be selected in a double-blind review process. Submit your research online at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jtph.

The Journal will also publish book reviews. Book review requests and books to be reviewed should be sent to the book review editor, Andrea Cimino.

Special Topic Issues

One issue of each year is a special topic volume, published by a designated Guest Editor. Please find below the topic of the upcoming special issues:

2025: Kantian Metaphysical Legacies (edited by Faustino Fabbianelli and Antonino Falduto).

2026: The ‘jüngere Neukantianismus’ between Hegel-Renaissance and Kulturphilosophie: Premises and Perspectives (edited by Domenico Spinosa and Gaetano Basileo).

Call for Papers can be found at the bottom of this page.

Please find below the topics of the already published special issues. They can be found under "Issues".

2020: Transcendental Philosophy and the Challenge of Naturalism (edited by Andrea Staiti).

2021: Cassirer’s Children: A Reassessment of His Influence (edited by Massimo Ferrari & Sebastian Luft).

2022: Themes from the Philosophy of Robert Brandom (edited by Corinne Bloch-Mullins, Yoon Choi, and Sebastian Luft).

2023: Kant and the Role(s) of Doctrines of Method (edited by Andrew Chignell and Gabriele Gava).

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Phenomenology and the Norms of Perception

September 25, 2025

Panos Theodorou

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Kantian Metaphysical Legacies: Introductory Remarks

September 15, 2025

Faustino Fabbianelli, Antonino Falduto

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The Thorn in Kant’s Side: J.A.H. Ulrich on the Possibility of Free Immoral Action

September 11, 2025

John Walsh

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The aim of this paper is to demonstrate Ulrich’s impact on Kant and the immediate reception of Kant’s account of freedom. I argue that Ulrich’s critical inquiry into grounding and free will influenced Kant’s treatment of the subjective ground of the exercise of freedom in the Religion Within the Boundaries of Mere Reason. I analyze Ulrich’s critique in relation to Kant’s understanding of freedom as a kind of causality, exploring the connection between grounding and the subjective ground of freedom’s exercise. I argue further that Ulrich shaped the subsequent debate on the scope of free will and the possibility of free immoral action by inciting the 1790s debate on moral imputation.
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Kant’s Early Critics on Freedom of the Will

September 9, 2025

Joe Saunders

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New Perspectives on Neo-Kantianism and the Sciences

September 8, 2025

Evan Clarke

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Kant on Fear and Courage, Freedom and Anxiety

September 3, 2025

Bärbel Frischmann

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Fear and anxiety are constitutive of human nature. They inform us about danger and thus help us to protect ourselves from it. The topic of fear – anxiety does not play a significant role in Kant’s philosophy. Nevertheless, it serves as an informative example of how Kant views humanity. In his Anthropology from a Pragmatic Perspective Kant identifies – regarding fear – different degrees that correspond to his division into nature, temperament and character. Kant’s primary interest lies in repeatedly examining what it means to be human in relation to the central task of self-determination through one’s own reason. If reason succeeds in not allowing fear to dominate one’s actions, the person concerned demonstrates courage of character. Kant also recognized that there is a kind of anxiety of one’s own freedom, because autonomy requires courage, which should also be mentioned because of an interesting parallel to Kierkegaard’s important concept of anxiety.
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Kant’s Best Ideas -- and Worst

September 3, 2025

Paul Guyer

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Kant’s argument that space, time, and the categories are the necessary forms of human experience are powerful; his transcendental idealism, that is, his arguments that spatiality and temporality in particular are only forms of human representation are not. His foundation of morality on the idea of preserving and promoting the maximal but equal freedom of all is profound; his conviction that human beings are always free to do what morality requires, based as it is on his transcendental idealism; is not. But his arguments that completeness in both scientific and moral knowledge are always only regulative ideals are compelling, with no corresponding downside.
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Non-Metaphysical Dimensions of Freedom: Embodiment of Reason from a Kantian Standpoint

August 20, 2025

Antonino Falduto

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This paper challenges the traditional interpretation of Kant’s theory of freedom, which typically locates its core understanding within the noumenal world. Instead, it argues that positive human freedom is grounded in the living human body. The living body, with its distinct beginning (birth) and end (death), thus becomes the foundational condition of possibility of freedom, since it provides the temporal existence for infinite reason. The embodiment of reason within the living body is then presented as equivalent to the limitation of autonomy, which in turn allows for positive freedom to come into the world. Embodied in a living body, reason, as a legislative entity, can thereby inhabits a world governed by laws that are both self-imposed, i.e. expression of autonomy, and heteronomous, such as the laws of nature.
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Searching for a Critical Metaphysics: Kantian Traces in Bradley’s Philosophy

July 21, 2025

Giulio M. Cavalli

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In this essay, I argue that Bradley’s engagement with Kant’s theoretical philosophy, often mediated by Herbart, Hamilton, and Lotze, led him to reassess his early Hegelianism and to develop a critical metaphysics. Bradley’s philosophy is examined diachronically, from early writings (2) to Appearance and Reality (4) through The Principles of Logic (3). I also provide a preliminary overview of Kant’s reception in Britain (1) to set the historical background for other sections. This essay explores a topic not previously investigated, as other contributions on Bradley and Kant compare them without historical concern. By focusing on Bradley’s sources, we can appreciate the influence of Kantianism through some understudied thinkers. In addition, I adopt a historical-diachronic approach that clarifies the development of Bradley’s philosophy by exploiting documents such as manuscripts and reading notes. In particular, I present the first analysis of a 1877–1878 manuscript – Bradley’s initial formulation of his peculiar metaphysics.

Special Issue: Kant and the Role(s) of Doctrines of Method; Guest Editors: Gabriele Gava and Andrew Chignell

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Special Issue: Kant’s Theory of the Highest Good Revisited. New Essays on an Architectonic Concept; Guest Editors: Luigi Filieri and Luciano Perulli

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Special Issue: Themes from the Philosophy of Robert Brandom; Guest Editors: Corinne Bloch-Mullins, Yoon Choi & Sebastian Luft

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Special Issue: Cassirer’s Children – A Reassessment of His Influence, Edited by Massimo Ferrari & Sebastian Luft

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Special issue: Transcendental Philosophy and the Challenge of Naturalism, Guest Editor: Andrea Staiti

Journal of Transcendental Philosophy publishes special and thematic issues focussed on important and emerging topics in the field of study. The journal has established a rigorous process to ensure that any special issue manuscripts follow the same high-quality standards and peer review processes as regular manuscripts. For further information on the journal’s peer review policy please see the "Instructions for Authors".

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All submissions to the Journal of Transcendental Philosophy　must be strictly anonymized and are to be submitted via https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jtph. Please make sure to read the Instructions for authors and JTPH Reference Style　before submitting.

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• Do not submit work that has been submitted elsewhere or has been published previously.

• The size limit for original articles is between 5,000 and 10,000 words and for book reviews – 2,500 words (including footnotes and references).

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Editors-in-Chief

Prof. Dr. Sebastian Luft, Universität Paderborn, Pohlweg 55, 33098 Paderborn,
e-mail: lufts@mail.uni-paderborn.de

Prof. Dr. Konstantin Pollok, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Jakob-Welder-Weg 18, 55128 Mainz, Germany,
e-mail: kpollok@uni-mainz.de

Prof. Dr. Andrea Sebastiano Staiti, Università degli Studi di Parma, Dipartimento di Discipline Umanistiche, Sociali e delle Imprese Culturali, Unità di Filosofi a, Via M. D‘Azeglio, 85, 43125 - Parma, Italia,
e-mail: andreasebastiano.staiti@unipr.it

Book Review Editor
Andrea Cimino (University of Leuven, Belgium)

Editorial Office Manager
Lara Scaglia (National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico)

Advisory Board
Carla Bagnoli (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy)
Angela Breitenbach (Cambridge University, UK)
Beatrice Centi (University of Parma, Italy)
Andrew Chignell (Princeton University, USA)
Alix Cohen (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Steven Crowell (Rice University, Houston, USA)
Daniel Dahlstrom (Boston University, USA)
Karin De Boer (University of Leuven, Belgium)
Faustino Fabbianelli (University of Parma, Italy)
Massimo Ferrari (University of Torino, Italy)
Michael Forster (University of Bonn, Germany / University of Chicago, USA)
Elio Franzini (University of Milan, Italy)
Kristin Gjesdal (Temple University, Philadelphia, USA)
Jeanine M. Grenberg (St. Olaf College, Northfield, USA)
Julia Jansen (University of Leuven, Belgium)
Pauline Kleingeld (University of Groningen, Netherlands)
Guido Kreis (University of Aarhus, Denmark)
Christian Krijnen (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Michela Massimi (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Dermot Moran (Boston College, USA)
Dominique Pradelle (University of Paris, France)
Sonja Rinofner-Kreidl (University of Graz, Austria)
Isabelle Thomas-Fogiel (University of Ottawa, Canada)
Allen Wood (Indiana University Bloomington, USA)
Günter Zöller (Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany)
Rachel Zuckert (Northwestern University, Evanston, USA)

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July 20, 2019

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