The following bibliography of Kant’s writings is ordered chronologically by date of publication, except for eight posthumously published writings, which are ordered by their presumed date of composition: On Fire (1755), Sensory Illusion (1777), Kraus Review (1788), Philosopher’s Medicine (1788?), First Introduction (1789; to the Kritik der Urteilskraft), Schultz Review (1790), Progress in Metaphysics (1793), and the Opus postumum. Of these eight texts, two can be considered as finished texts (On Fire and First Introduction). NB: Published lecture notes (other than the four approved by Kant) are not included on this page; they are listed on their own page. In preparing this list, I have benefitted at several points from the corresponding list of publications prepared by Werner Stark at Immanuel Kant: Information Online, as well as Borowski [1804, 44-83], Adickes [1970], and Warda [1919].
Individual writings can also be located using an alphabetized index (includes variant English titles), or the Kant-Studien Siglenverzeichnis. [See index organized by decade]
Those interested in Kant’s life might find useful a three-volume collection of primary source materials that I have recently assembled and is available from Bloomsbury at the end of December 2024. (Clicking on the image will take you to the Amazon page, for which the Independent Bookshops is a good alternative.)
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1747 1754 1755 • On Fire 1756 1757 1758 1759 • Optimism 1760 • Funk |
1762 1763 1764 1765 1766 1768 1770 1771 |
1775 1776-77 1777 1781 1782 1783 1784 1785 |
1786 1787 1788 • Critique of Practical Reason 1789 1790 1791 • Theodicy |
1792 • Fichte 1793 • Religion 1794 1795 1796 • New Tone 1797 |
1798 1799 1800 • Logic 1801 1802 1803 |
Bibliographical Entries: The original title is given, followed by its first publication and where it is reprinted in the Academy edition (AA = Akademie Ausgabe) of Kant’s writings (these page numbers include just the text, omitting introductory title pages and other blank pages). This is followed by a standard translation of the title into English (following the Cambridge Edition of Kant’s writings in English translation, when available), and one or more published translations of the text itself into English, if available.
Anonymously Published Writings: Theory of the Heavens (1755), On the Adventurer Komarnicki (1764), Maladies of the Head (1764), Silberschlag (1764), Dreams of a Spirit-Seer (1766), Review of Moscati (1771), Philanthropinum (1776-77), Lambert’s Letters (1782), Review of Herder 1-3 (1785), Fanaticism (1790).
Johann Heinrich Tieftrunk [bio], a professor at Halle, was authorized by Kant to publish his shorter writings, making Teiftrunk’s three-plus-one-volume edition – Imanuel Kant’s vermischte Schriften (1799) [contents], plus an additional volume gathering items located after 1799: Immanuel Kant’s vermischte Schriften. Vierter Band. (1807) [contents] – the first authorized edition of Kant’s writings; the location in Tieftrunk (if the text was included) is indicated at the end of each individual entry.
Writings falsely attributed to Kant: [Just beginning this list…]
(1) (anon.), Betrachtungen über das Fundament der Kräfte und die Methoden, welche die Vernunft anwenden kann, darüber zu urtheilen. Königsberg: Gottlieb Liebrecht Hartung, 1784. [67 p.]
Misattributed in: Borowski [1804, 73-74], listed as “Nr. 29” in his bibliography of Kant’s published writings.
The actual author: Privy Councillor Ernst Ludwig von Elditten (1729-1797).
We learn this from Kant himself, in his 13 September 1785 letter to Christian Gottfired Schütz [AA 10: 407]:
“I have not yet seen any reviews of Die Betrachtungen über das Fudament der Kräfte, etc. The author, Privy Councillor von Elditten of Wickerau in Prussia, asked me to request that you have it reviewed and, if the review turns out to be more or less favorable, to feel free to name him as the work’s author.”
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