November 30, 2010
The Mendelssohn-Kant Debate
by
Professor Reinier Munk (Amsterdam)
A talk hosted by the Department of Philosophy and the Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies with the generous support of
the Boston University Humanities Foundation
Moderated by Daniel Dahlstrom (Boston University)
November 30, 20103:30 – 5 pmBoston UniversitySchool of Theology, Room 508745 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts
Dr. Munk is an Ordinarius Professor in the History of Modern Philosophy and Modern Jewish Philosophy at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. Dr. Munk is an internationally renowned specialist in eighteenth century Jewish thought, particularly in the roles played by such figures as Moses Mendelssohn and Solomon Maimon in the German Enlightenment, and in the work of the leading figure of Marburg Neo-Kantianism, Hermann Cohen. His publications include numerous articles and the monograph, The Rationale of Halakhic Man. Joseph B. Soloveitchik’s Conception of Jewish Thought. Amsterdam Studies in Jewish Thought (Amsterdam, 1996).