The 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 thirty-eight 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 (Continuum 2006) and Hume: A Guide for the Perplexed (Continuum 2007), co-editor (with Andrew Valls) of the volume David Hume: Morals, Politics and Society (Yale University Press 2018), in addition to 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 the Vice President and Executive Secretary-Treasurer of The Hume Society and as co-editor of the journal Hume Studies.

Alex Sager is Associate Professor 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.