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 7.05
- City
- 40 George Square, Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 9JX
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.
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Responsibilities & affiliations
Hume Society
British Society for the History of Philosophy
Undergraduate teaching
This term, I am on research leave.
Open to PhD supervision enquiries?
Yes
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.-
Perceptions, minds, and Hume's self-doubts: Comments on Ainslie's Hume's True Scepticism
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
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, 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
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) -
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)