The 38th International Hume Society Conference will be held between July 18th – 23rd 2011 at
The Old College, Edinburgh
HUME AFTER 300 YEARS
Hosted by The Hume Society and The Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, with financial
support from The British Academy, Manchester Metropolitan University, The Mind Association, and
The Scots Philosophical Association.
Keynote speakers:
- David Fergusson (University of Edinburgh)
- Don Garrett (New York University)
- Susan James (Birkbeck College, University of London)
- Karen O’Brien (University of Warwick)
- Amartya Sen (Harvard University)
- Catherine Wilson (University of Aberdeen)
Invited plenary panel sessions:
- Hume as stylist
- Hume and the Scottish Enlightenment in India
- Hume’s moral psychology
- Hume in France
Book panels:
- Simon Blackburn’s How to Read Hume, John Wright’s Hume’s Treatise: An Introduction, Robert Fogelin’s Hume’s Sceptical Crisis
- Nicholas Phillipson’s new edition of Hume
The deadline for submission of papers to be considered for presentation has now passed. No further submissions will be accepted.
For further information, please contact James Harris.