“Kant at the Masked Ball” — article published

My article on the deep controversies over Kant, “Kant at the Masked Ball,” is now out in the academic journal Reason Papers. Thanks to editor Carrie-Ann Biondi, Ph.D., for her intelligent and efficient production of the issue. Here’s my opening:

“1. Which of the Two Kants?
We should grapple with the fact that two opposing traditions of
scholarship on Immanuel Kant’s philosophy have come down to us. On
the one side, Kant is presented as the pro-reason philosopher of the
Enlightenment. Philosopher Yvonne Sherratt advocates this position,
holding that Kant “became known historically as the greatest thinker of
the Enlightenment.” Kant biographer Otfried Höffe also positions
Kant as a paragon of the Enlightenment: “The philosophy of Immanuel
Kant represents not only the intellectual climax but also the
transformation of the European Enlightenment.” Kant scholar Paul
Guyer agrees …