James Anthony Harris

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James A. Harris
Born
James Anthony Harris

1968
Education University of Oxford (PhD)
Era 21st-century philosophy
Region Western philosophy
Institutions University of St Andrews
Doctoral advisor Galen Strawson, Ralph C. S. Walker
Main interests
British philosophy

James A. Harris, FRSE (born 1968) is a British philosopher and professor of the history of philosophy at the University of St Andrews. He is known for his works on the history of British philosophy and, in particular, on the philosophy of David Hume. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Philosophical work

Harris has written the most recent intellectual biography of David Hume. His short Hume: A Very Short Introduction (2021) has superseded the previous Oxford short introduction on the same topic written by British philosopher A. J. Ayer (1980). [6] Unlike Ayer's introduction, Harris' work focuses on morality, religion, and politics in Hume.

Awards and recognitions

In 2019, Harris was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Harris gave the Benedict Lectures in the History of Political Philosophy at Brown University in 2018 [7] and the British Society for the History of Philosophy Annual Lecture in 2021. [8]

Monographic studies

Edited volumes

References

  1. Greenberg, Sean (3 March 2006). "Review of Of Liberty and Necessity: The Free Will Debate in Eighteenth-Century British Philosophy". NDPR. ISSN   1538-1617.
  2. Russell, Paul (26 June 2016). "Review of Hume: An Intellectual Biography". NDPR. ISSN   1538-1617.
  3. Jaffro, Laurent (13 July 2016). "Review of Scottish Philosophy in the Eighteenth Century, Volume I: Morals, Politics, Art, Religion". NDPR. ISSN   1538-1617.
  4. Hickson, Michael W. (30 June 2010). "Review of Epicurus in the Enlightenment". NDPR. ISSN   1538-1617.
  5. Copenhaver, Rebecca (22 October 2018). "Review of Common Sense in the Scottish Enlightenment". NDPR. ISSN   1538-1617.
  6. Moritz Baumstark, Review of 'Hume. A Very Short Introduction by James A. Harris' Hume Studies, Volume 47, Number 2, November 2022, pp. 315-318.
  7. https://sites.bu.edu/benedict/about/past-speakers/2018-2019-james-harris/
  8. https://bshp.org.uk/news/bshp-annual-lecture-2021/