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.[1][2][3][4][5] In 2019, Harris was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
James A. Harris | |
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| Born | 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 |
Harris gave the Benedict Lectures in the History of Political Philosophy at Brown University in 2018[6] and the British Society for the History of Philosophy Annual Lecture in 2021.[7]
Books edit
- Reid, Thomas. Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man. Edited by Knud Haakonssen and James A. Harris. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2002.
- James A. Harris, Of Liberty and Necessity: The Free Will Debate in Eighteenth-Century British Philosophy, Oxford University Press, 2005, ISBN 0199268606.
- James A. Harris (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of British Philosophy in the Eighteenth Century, Oxford University Press, 2013, ISBN 9780199549023.
- Aaron Garrett and James A. Harris (eds.), Scottish Philosophy in the Eighteenth Century, Volume I: Morals, Politics, Art, Religion, Oxford University Press, 2015, 482pp., ISBN 9780199560677.
- James A. Harris, Hume: An Intellectual Biography, Cambridge University Press, 2015, ISBN 9780521837255.
- James A. Harris, Hume: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2021, ISBN 9780191884160.
References edit
- ^ Greenberg, Sean (3 March 2006). "Review of Of Liberty and Necessity: The Free Will Debate in Eighteenth-Century British Philosophy". NDPR. ISSN 1538-1617.
- ^ Russell, Paul (26 June 2016). "Review of Hume: An Intellectual Biography". NDPR. ISSN 1538-1617.
- ^ Jaffro, Laurent (13 July 2016). "Review of Scottish Philosophy in the Eighteenth Century, Volume I: Morals, Politics, Art, Religion". NDPR. ISSN 1538-1617.
- ^ Hickson, Michael W. (30 June 2010). "Review of Epicurus in the Enlightenment". NDPR. ISSN 1538-1617.
- ^ Copenhaver, Rebecca (22 October 2018). "Review of Common Sense in the Scottish Enlightenment". NDPR. ISSN 1538-1617.
- ^ https://sites.bu.edu/benedict/about/past-speakers/2018-2019-james-harris/
- ^ https://bshp.org.uk/news/bshp-annual-lecture-2021/
External links edit
- "Prof James Harris". School of Philos Anthro and Film Studies.
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