Jonathan Cottrell
Lecturer
- Philosophy
- School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences
Contact details
- Tel: 0131 650 3655
- Email: j.cottrell@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Room 5.11, Dugald Stewart Building
- City
- 3 Charles Street, Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 9AD
Availability
Office Hours: Online, by appointment
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
103153.pdf
Responsibilities & affiliations
Hume Society
British Society for the History of Philosophy
Undergraduate teaching
This year, I am teaching Early Modern Philosophy (with a focus on David Hume's philosophy) and the Early Modern portion of Greats: From Plato to the Enlightenment.
Open to PhD supervision enquiries?
Yes
Research summary
My research focuses on Early Modern philosophy, especially Hume’s philosophy. I approach Hume as a proto cognitive scientist whose work is as much part of psychology as it is part of 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
My current project focuses on Hume’s views of reasoning: how does reasoning differ from other mental processes; how are norms of reasoning represented in the minds of human beings and non-human animals; how and why do these norms differ from those in other domains of value, especially ethics and aesthetics? I have come to believe that Hume’s answers to these questions evolved significantly during his career. I plan to develop my work into a book charting this evolution, and defending Hume’s mature views.-
[Review of] The Philosophical Progress of Hume’s Essays
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
In:
Ergo
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Accepted/In press) -
Review of: The Imagination in Hume’s Philosophy: The Canvas of the Mind by Timothy M. Costelloe
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)
In:
Archiv für 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
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198852452.003.0006
Research output: › Chapter (peer-reviewed) (Published) -
Hume on space and time: A limited defense
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781138323032
Research output: › Chapter (Published) -
Perceptions, minds, and Hume's self-doubts
In:
Hume Studies
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Accepted/In press) -
Teaching & learning guide for:: Hume on mental representation and intentionality
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
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)
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)