Angela Coventry
Angela Coventry | |
|---|---|
| Education | |
| Education | University of Tasmania (BA), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (PhD) |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 21st-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| Institutions | Portland State University |
| Main interests | early modern philosophy, David Hume |
| Notable ideas | Scholarship on Hume’s naturalism and personal identity |
| Website | https://www.pdx.edu/philosophy/profile/angela-coventry |
Angela Michelle Coventry is an Australian philosopher and professor of philosophy at Portland State University. She is known for her work on David Hume, especially on causation, personal identity, and Humean natural ontology. Coventry has held the roles of Vice President and Executive Secretary‑Treasurer of the Hume Society, served as co-editor of the journal Hume Studies, and acted as the category editor for “David Hume” on PhilPapers.[1]
Books
- Coventry, Angela M. Hume’s Theory of Causation: A Quasi-Realist Interpretation. Bloomsbury, 2006.[2][3][4][5]
- Coventry, Angela M. Hume: A Guide for the Perplexed. Bloomsbury, 2007; 2nd ed. 2012.[6]
- Coventry, Angela M., and Andrew Valls (eds.). David Hume: Morals, Politics, and Society. Yale University Press, 2018.[7]
- Coventry, Angela M., and Alex Sager (eds.). The Humean Mind. Routledge, 2019.[1]
- Coventry, Angela M., and Kenneth Merrill. The Historical Dictionary of Hume’s Philosophy. Rowman & Littlefield, 2018.[1]
- Coventry, Angela M. A Treatise of Human Nature (Broadview Press edition, as editor), 2023.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Angela Coventry – Portland State University". Portland State University. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
- ^ Kail, P. J. E. (2007). "Hume's Theory of Causation: A Quasi-Realist Interpretation (review)". Hume Studies. 33 (1): 190–192. doi:10.1353/hms.2011.0224. ISSN 1947-9921.
- ^ Miller, Alexander; Ghoroori, Saba. "Hume on causation: against the quasi-realist interpretation". Inquiry. 0 (0): 1–11. doi:10.1080/0020174X.2024.2353617. ISSN 0020-174X.
- ^ Dimech, Dominic K. (2 October 2019). "Quasi-Realism and Inductive Scepticism in Hume's Theory of Causation". Australasian Journal of Philosophy. 97 (4): 637–650. doi:10.1080/00048402.2018.1564776. ISSN 0004-8402.
- ^ Biro, John (21 April 2007). "Review of Hume's Theory of Causation: A Quasi-Realist Interpretation". NDPR. ISSN 1538-1617.
- ^ "Hume; a guide for the perplexed". The Free Library. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
- ^ "Against the Cosmological Argument: The Legacy of Hume's Dialogues, Part 9". PhilPapers. Retrieved 14 November 2025.