Manfred Baum (born 15 April 1939 in Cologne) is a German philosopher and second chairman of the German Kant Society. In 1993, he was appointed professor of philosophy at the University of Wuppertal, where he continues to teach after his retirement.
His research focuses on the philosophy of Immanuel Kant. However, ancient philosophy, the Enlightenment, German Idealism, and Marxist theory have also regularly been the subjects of his publications and teaching.
Baum studied English, German, education, and philosophy in Cologne and Munich from 1958 to 1970. He earned his doctorate in 1970 with a dissertation titled under Karl-Heinz Volkmann-Schluck and Ludwig Landgrebe.
After working at the Hegel Archive at the Ruhr University Bochum, he completed his habilitation in 1981 at the University of Siegen with a study titled .
Since 1996, he has been co-editor of the journal Kant-Studien.