The last work published by Kant himself is a study of the relationship of philosophy to other
academic disciplines. The very title of the work Streit der Fakultäten (Dispute between the
Faculties) published in 1797 makes it clear that the various disciplines are related
critically even polemically to each other. As academic disciplines they share common
obligations of knowledge enlightenment and education.In their relationship with each other
however they have the duty to contest the means and aims of knowledge. There can only be
living science where this dispute about knowledge is conducted with the means of knowledge. In
this volume representatives of the faculties addressed by Kant give their assessment of Kant's
relevance for their disciplines. As the Dispute between the Faculties was and is of importance
for the foundation of the University of Berlin Kant's contribution to university reform is
also considered.
