Humean Mind
David Hume (1711–1776) is widely acknowledged as one of the most important philosophers in the English language, with his work continuing to exert major influence on philosophy today. His empiricism, naturalism, and psychology of the mind and the passions shape many positions and approaches in the sciences and social sciences.
The Humean Mind seeks to provide a comprehensive survey of his work, not only placing it in its historical context but also exploring its contemporary significance. Comprising 38 chapters by a team of international contributors the Handbook is divided into four sections:
· Intellectual context
· Hume’s thought
· Hume’s reception
· Hume’s legacy
This handbook includes coverage of all major aspects of Hume’s thought with essays spanning the full scope of Hume’s philosophy. Topics explored include Hume’s reception in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; Hume’s legacy in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries; Hume’s history, including an essay on Hume as historian, as well as essays on the relevance of history to Hume’s philosophy and his politics, and an updated treatment of Hume’s Legal Philosophy. Also included are essays on race, gender, and animal ethics.
Essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy, Hume’s work is central to epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, ethics, legal philosophy and philosophy of religion.
Angela M. Coventry is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Portland State University, USA.
She is the author of Hume’s Theory of Causation: A Quasi-Realist Interpretation (2006) and Hume:
A Guide for the Perplexed (2007), co-editor (with Andrew Valls) of the volume David Hume: Morals,
Politics and Society (2018), and has also written several articles and book reviews published in
journals such as Hume Studies, Locke Studies, Logical Analysis and History of Philosophy, and History
of Philosophy Quarterly. She has served as Vice President and Executive Secretary-Treasurer of The
Hume Society and as co-editor of the journal Hume Studies.
Alex Sager is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Portland State
University, USA. He has published widely in social and political philosophy on topics including
migration, citizenship, and methodology, as well as on the political thought of David Hume.