Department of Philosophy
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Patrick Kain
Associate Professor, Philosophy
| Education: | PhD, University of Notre Dame |
| Office: | BRNG 7138 |
| Office Phone: | (765) 49-44286 |
| Office Fax: | (765) 496-1616 |
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| Specializations: | Ethics, Kant, Early Modern Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion |
Selected Publications
- Essays on Kant’s Anthropology. Co-edited with Brian Jacobs. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
- “Kant’s Defense of Human Moral Status,” Journal of the History of Philosophy 47 (2009): 59-102.
- “Realism and Anti-realism in Kant’s Second Critique” Philosophy Compass 1 (2006): 449-465.
- “Constructivism, Intrinsic Normativity and the Motivational Analysis Argument.” In Moralische Motivation. Kant und die Alternative (Kant-Forschungen 16), eds. Heiner Klemme, Manfred Kuehn, and Dieter Schönecker, 59-78. Hamburg: Meiner Verlag, 2006.
- “Self-legislation in Kant’s Moral Philosophy,” Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie 86 (2004): 257-306.
- “Interpreting Kant’s Theory of Divine Commands,” Kantian Review 9 (2005):128-149.
- “Prudential Reason in Kant’s Anthropology.” In Essays on Kant’s Anthropology, eds. Brian Jacobs and Patrick Kain, 230-265. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Selected Honors
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Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow, Marburg, Germany (2003).
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Fulbright Graduate Fellow, Tübingen, Germany (1995-1996).
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Mellon Fellow in the Humanities (1992-1994).
Work in Progress
- “Kant’s Account of Divine Freedom”
- “Kant and Duties Regarding Animals”
- “Practical Cognition, Intuition and the Fact of Reason”