James Anthony Harris Explained

Region:	Western philosophy
Era:	21st-century philosophy
James A. Harris
Birth Date:	1968
Institutions:	University of St Andrews
Main Interests:	British philosophy
Doctoral Advisor:	Galen Strawson, Ralph C. S. Walker
Education:	University of Oxford (PhD)

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]}

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^[6] and the British Society for the History of Philosophy Annual Lecture in 2021.^[7]

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 His short Hume: A Very Short Introduction (2021) has superseded the previous Oxford short introduction on the same topic written by British philosopher A. J. Ayer (1980).^[8] Unlike Ayer's introduction, Harris' work focuses on morality, religion, and politics in Hume.

Monographic studies

• 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, Hume: An Intellectual Biography, Cambridge University Press, 2015, ISBN 9780521837255.
• James A. Harris, Hume: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2021, ISBN 9780191884160.

Edited volumes

• 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 (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.

External links

• Web site: Prof James Harris . School of Philos Anthro and Film Studies.

Notes and References

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