Katharina T. Kraus

Katharina Teresa Kraus
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge (PhD)
ThesisPsychological Knowledge in Kant's Critical Thinking (2014)
Academic work
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
InstitutionsJohns Hopkins University
Websitehttps://www.katharinatkraus.com/

Katharina Teresa Kraus is an associate professor of philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. Before joining Johns Hopkins University she was associate professor at the University of Notre Dame.[1][2]

Life and works

After completing her studies in physics, mathematics, and philosophy, she earned a Diplom in physics (equivalent to a combined BA and MA) from the Ruprecht-Karls University of Heidelberg in 2008. She then received an MPhil in history and philosophy of science in 2010, followed by a PhD in philosophy in 2014, both from the University of Cambridge.[3]

Her 2020 book, Kant on Self-Knowledge and Self-Formation has been the subject of multiple reviews from Ekin Erkan,[4] Pirachula Chulanon,[5] Béatrice Longuenesse,[6] Yibin Liang,[7] Allen Wood,[8] Patrick R. Frierson,[9] Janum Sethi,[10] Clinton Tolley,[11] and Stefanie Buchenau[12] followed by a Précis response from Kraus.[13] The book was also subject of a book symposium by the Review for the Society of German Idealism and Romanticisism in 2022 including reviews from Karin Nisenbaum and Julia Peters, also followed by a reply from Kraus.[14]

Publications

  • Kraus, Katharina T. (2020). Kant on Self-Knowledge and Self-Formation. doi:10.1017/9781108874304. ISBN 978-1-108-87430-4.
  • Kraus, Katharina T. (2025). Kant's Ideas of Reason. doi:10.1017/9781009024273. ISBN 978-1-009-02427-3.

References

  1. ^ "Katharina Kraus". philosophy.jhu.edu. 2023-01-23. Retrieved 2025-05-28.
  2. ^ Weinberg, Justin (2023-01-24). "Kraus from Notre Dame to Johns Hopkins - Daily Nous". dailynous.com. Retrieved 2025-05-28.
  3. ^ "Katharina Kraus - Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Johns Hopkins University - Katharina T. Kraus". Katharina T. Kraus. Retrieved 2025-07-07.
  4. ^ Erkan, Ekin (2023-06-30). "Katharina T. Kraus: Kant on Self-Knowledge and Self-Formation: The Nature of Inner Experience. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020. Xiii, 306 pp. ISBN: 978-1-108-87430-4". Kant-Studien. 114 (2): 388–395. doi:10.1515/kant-2023-2020. ISSN 1613-1134.
  5. ^ Chulanon, Pirachula. "Kant on Self-Knowledge and Self-Formation: The Nature of Inner Experience".
  6. ^ Longuenesse, Béatrice (2022-07-01). "Kant on Self-Knowledge and Self-Formation: The Nature of Inner Experience". The Philosophical Review. 131 (3): 365–369. doi:10.1215/00318108-9743861. ISSN 0031-8108.
  7. ^ Liang, Yibin (2023-06-30). "Katharina Kraus, Kant on Self-Knowledge and Self-Formation: The Nature of Inner Experience. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2021, xiii + 306 pp". Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie. 105 (2): 352–357. doi:10.1515/agph-2022-0002. ISSN 1613-0650.
  8. ^ Wood, Allen (September 2022). "Comments on Katharina T. Kraus, Kant on Self-Knowledge and Self-Formation: The Nature of Inner Experience". Kantian Review. 27 (3): 469–474. doi:10.1017/S136941542200019X. ISSN 1369-4154.
  9. ^ Frierson, Patrick R. (September 2022). "What is the Idea of the Soul? Comments on Katharina Kraus, Kant on Self-Knowledge and Self-Formation". Kantian Review. 27 (3): 475–481. doi:10.1017/S1369415422000206. ISSN 1369-4154.
  10. ^ Sethi, Janum (September 2022). "Subjective Validity, Self-Consciousness and Inner Experience: Comments on Kraus". Kantian Review. 27 (3): 461–467. doi:10.1017/S1369415422000188. ISSN 1369-4154.
  11. ^ Tolley, Clinton (September 2022). "Subject, Soul and Person in Kant: Questions for Katharina Kraus". Kantian Review. 27 (3): 483–489. doi:10.1017/S1369415422000218. ISSN 1369-4154.
  12. ^ Buchenau, Stefanie (2022). "Kant on Self-Knowledge and Self-Formation by Katharina T. Kraus (review)". Journal of the History of Philosophy. 60 (3): 515–517. doi:10.1353/hph.2022.0048. ISSN 1538-4586.
  13. ^ Kraus, Katharina T. (September 2022). "Précis of Kant on Self-Knowledge and Self-Formation and Replies to Critics". Kantian Review. 27 (3): 491–508. doi:10.1017/S136941542200022X. ISSN 1369-4154.
  14. ^ "Volume 5 (2022)". Review for the Society of German Idealism and Romanticisism. Retrieved 2025-05-27.