Jonathan Cottrell

Lecturer

Philosophy
School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences

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

Street: Room 5.11, Dugald Stewart Building
City: 3 Charles Street, Edinburgh
Post code: EH8 9AD

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 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

Research summary

Early Modern Philosophy, especially David Hume's philosophy

Publications

Representation and copying in Hume's Treatise and later works 25 May 2020 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 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)
Perceptions, minds, and Hume's self-doubts 23 Oct 2018 In: Hume Studies
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Accepted/In press)
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)
Review of: Ideas, evidence, and method: Hume's skepticism and naturalism concerning knowledge and causation (6 pages) 1 Jul 2017 In: Philosophical review, vol. 126, pp. 393-398
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00318108-3878523
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Book/Film/Article review (Published)

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This article was published on 26 Jan, 2021