Jonathan Cottrell

Lecturer

Philosophy
School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences

Tel: 0131 650 3655
Email: j.cottrell@ed.ac.uk

Street: Room 7.05
City: 40 George Square, Edinburgh
Post code: EH8 9JX

Office Hours: Online, by appointment

Biography

Background

I joined the department in 2019, having previously taught at Wayne State University (Assistant Professor, 2013–19) and New York University (Lecturer, 2012–13). I received my PhD from New York University (2012), where I was supervised by Don Garrett.

CV

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Responsibilities & affiliations

Hume Society

British Society for the History of Philosophy

Teaching & PhD supervision

Undergraduate teaching

This term, I am on research leave.

Open to PhD supervision enquiries?

Yes

Research

Research summary

My research focuses on Early Modern philosophy, especially Hume’s philosophy. My publications include an article on Hume’s views about the composition of the mind, which appeared in The Philosophical Review, and several articles on his views about mental representation, which are published or forthcoming in the Journal of the History of Philosophy, Oxford Studies in Early Modern Philosophy, and Ergo.

Current research interests

I am currently working on two main projects: a new edition of Hume's Enquiry concerning Human Understanding, which is under contract with W. W. Norton; and a book manuscript, tentatively entitled Hume's Mature Philosophical System.

Publications

Perceptions, minds, and Hume's self-doubts: Comments on Ainslie's Hume's True Scepticism 18 Mar 2022 In: Hume Studies, vol. 45, pp. 109-119
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print)
[Review of] The Philosophical Progress of Hume’s Essays 5 Jan 2021 In: Mind
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/mind/fzaa088
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Book/Film/Article review (E-pub ahead of print)
Representation and copying in Hume's Treatise and later works 2021 In: Ergo, vol. 8, pp. 83-109
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3998/ergo.1141
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Review of: The Imagination in Hume’s Philosophy: The Canvas of the Mind by Timothy M. Costelloe 9 Jul 2019 In: Journal of the History of Philosophy, vol. 57, pp. 559-560
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/hph.2019.0066
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Book/Film/Article review (Published)
Hume's answer to Bayle on the Vacuum (32 pages) 1 Jul 2019 In: Archiv fÃ¼r Geschichte der Philosophie, vol. 101, pp. 205-236
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/agph-2019-2003
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Unperceived Existence and Hume's Theory of Ideas 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198852452.003.0006
Research output: › Chapter (peer-reviewed) (Published)
Hume on space and time: A limited defense 26 Oct 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781138323032
Research output: › Chapter (Published)
Teaching & learning guide for:: Hume on mental representation and intentionality 6 Aug 2018 In: Philosophy Compass, vol. 13
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/phc3.v13.8
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Hume on mental representation and intentionality Jul 2018 In: Philosophy Compass, vol. 13, pp. 1-12
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/phc3.12505
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)
Review of: The Oxford Handbook of Hume (4 pages) 14 Sep 2017 In: British Journal for the History of Philosophy, vol. 26, pp. 622-625
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09608788.2017.1358142
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Book/Film/Article review (Published)

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This article was published on 28 Sep, 2023