The 45th Annual Hume Society Conference
Hosted by the Institute of Philosophy,
Research Centre for the Humanities,
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Budapest, Hungary
Address: 4. Tóth Kálmán st., 1097 Budapest
July 23th-27th 2018
Directors
Miren Boehm (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
Tamas Demeter (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
Mark Spencer (Brock University)
Margaret Watkins (Saint Vincent College)
The Hume Society is pleased to announce its 45th annual conference.
Program:
Monday, 23 July
- 12:45 – 13:00: Opening Remarks
- 13:00-14:30: Plenary Lecture: Marina Frasca-Spada (University of Cambridge): “Force and Vivacity in the Treatise, Book I”
Chair: Gábor Zemplén (Eötvös Loránd University Budapest (ELTE-GTI) & Morals and Science 'Lendület' Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA-BTK FI))
- 14:30-15:00: Coffee Break
- 15:00-16:30: Panel Discussion: Passions and Morals
Rachel Cohon (University at Albany, SUNY)
Tito Magri (Sapienza University of Rome)
Amy Schmitter (University of Alberta)
Chair: Getty Lustila (Boston University)
- 16:30-17:00: Coffee Break
- 17:00-18:00: Parallel Sessions
1) Pedro Faria (University of Cambridge): “Justice, Economic Activity and the Reframing of Hume’s Social Theory, 1740-1752”
Commentator: Ferenc Horcher (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
Chair: Jason Fisette (University of Nevada, Reno)
2) Sarah Paquette (Portland State University): “Belief Revisions in the Context of Hume’s Treatise and Contemporary Psychology”
Commentator: Katharina Paxman (Brigham Young University)
Chair: Jane McIntyre (Cleveland State University)
- 18:00: Opening Reception
Tuesday, 24 July
- 9:00-10:30: Plenary Lecture: Dan Zahavi (University of Copenhagen): "Husserl on Hume"
Chair: Ann Levey (University of Calgary)
- 10:30-11:00: Coffee Break
- 11:00-12:00: Parallel Sessions
1) Nathan Sasser (Greenville Technical College): “The Vulgar Belief in Body is Defeasibly Justified”
Commentator: Yongguang Nong (University of Edinburgh)
Chair: Keith Hankins (Chapman University)
2) Mikko Tolonen (University of Helsinki) and Ville Vaara (University of Helsinki): “A Quantitative Approach to Royalist and Whig Sources in Hume’s History of England”
Commentator: Mark Towsey (University of Liverpool)
Chair: Tom Pye (King’s College, Cambridge)
- 12:00-13:30: Lunch
- 13:30-14:30: Parallel Sessions
1) Alexis Glenn (Brown University): “Hume’s History as Virtuous Hermeneutics: Toward a Humean Sense of Piety”
Commentator: Gregory Todd (Independent Scholar)
Chair: Avital Hazony (University of Arizona)
2) Dan Kervick (Independent Scholar): “Hume Against the Geometers: Extension and Geometry in Hume’s Treatise”
Commentator: Jani Hakkarainen (University of Tampere)
Chair: Akos Sivado (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
- 14:30-15:00: Coffee Break
- 15:00-16:30: Panel Discussion: Hume’s Projects
James Harris (University of St. Andrews)
Hsueh Qu (National University of Singapore)
Jacqueline Taylor (University of San Francisco)
Chair: Don Garrett (New York University)
- 16:30-17:00: Coffee Break
- 17:00-18:00: Parallel Sessions
1) Jason Fisette (University of Nevada, Reno): “Politeness and the Common Good in Hume’s Political Philosophy”
Commentator: Manuel Vasquez Villavicencio (Université du Québec à Montréal - CIRST)
Chair: Andre Willis (Brown University)
2) Todd Ryan (Trinity College): “Philo’s Second Circumstance: Malebranche and the General Law Theodicy in Hume’s Dialogues
Commentator: Lewis Powell (University at Buffalo, SUNY)
Chair: Michael Gill (University of Arizona)
Wednesday, 25 July
- 9:00-10:30: Author Meets Critics Session
Author: Dennis Rasmussen (Tufts University): The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought
Critics:
Michael Gill (University of Arizona)
John Scott (University of California, Davis)
Chair: Mikko Tolonen (University of Helsinki)
- 10:30-11:00: Coffee Break
- 11:00-12:00: Parallel Sessions
1) Lorenzo Greco (University of Oxford): “Varieties of Humean Virtue Ethics”
Commentator: Jennifer Welchman (University of Alberta)
Chair: Esther Kroeker (University of Antwerp)
2) Tom Pye (King’s College, Cambridge): “Hume, Montesquieu, and English History”
Commentator: Marc Hanvelt (Carleton University)
Chair: Max Skjönsberg (University of York)
- 12:00-13:30: Lunch
- 13:30-15:00: Plenary Lecture: Andrew Sabl (University of Toronto): "Parochial Cosmopolitanism: Hume as European (and only European?) Thinker
Chair: John P. Wright (Central Michigan University)
- 15:00-15:30: Coffee Break
- 15:30-16:30: Parallel Sessions
1) Laura Nicolí (Lichtenberg Kolleg): “The Line and the Circle: the Natural History of Religion and the French”
Commentator: Andre Willis (Brown University)
Chair: Robert Miner (Baylor University)
2) Dan O’Brien (Oxford Brookes University): “Hume and Virtue Epistemology”
Commentator: Ann Levey (University of Calgary)
Chair: Anik Waldow (University of Sydney)
- 16:30-17:00: Coffee Break
- 17:00-18:00: Parallel Sessions
1) Bowen Chan (University of Toronto): “Scepticism, Custom, and Hume: Philosophy’s Place in Common Life”
Commentator: Karánn Durland (Austin College)
Chair: Dennis Rasmussen (Tufts University)
2) Getty Lustila (Boston University): “Enthusiasm and Modesty in Hume’s History”
Commentator: Liz Goodnick (Metropolitan State University)
Chair: Ryu Susato (Keio University)
Thursday, 26 July
- 9:00-10:30: Panel Discussion: Mind and World
Kate Abramson (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Stefanie Rocknak (Hartwick College)
Anik Waldow (University of Sydney)
Chair: Max Grober (Austin College)
- 10:30-11:00: Coffee Break
- 11:00-12:00: Parallel Sessions
1) Lorraine Besser (Middlebury College): “A Humean Theory of Compassion”
Commentator: Esther Kroeker (University of Antwerp)
Chair: Lewis Powell (University at Buffalo, SUNY)
2) Naohito Mori (Kochi University): “On Whether the Tudor Government was an ‘Absolute Monarchy’: Reconsidering Hume’s View of the Rise of the Civilized Society”
Commentator: Max Skjonsberg (University of York)
Chair: James Harris (University of St. Andrews)
- 12:00-13:30: Lunch
- 13:30-14:30: Parallel Sessions
1) Peter Millican (University of Oxford): “Hume’s Decisive Turn Away from Egoism”
Commentator: John P. Wright (Central Michigan University)
Chair: Emily Kelahan (Illinois Wesleyan University)
2) Wade Robison (Rochester Institute of Technology): “Hume, Descartes, and Adam: Hume’s Project”
Commentator: Karen Valihora (York University)
Chair: Ruth Weintraub (Tel-Aviv University)
- Excursion
Friday, 27 July
- 9:00-10:00: Parallel Sessions
1) Alison McIntyre (Wellesley College): “Does Anger Represent Its Object as Evil? Hume vs. Malebranche and Hutcheson at T 2.3.3.5”
Commentator: Angela Calvo de Saavedra (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana)
Chair: John Scott (University of California, Davis)
2) Ryu Susato (Keio University): “‘Barometer of the Nation’: Hume’s View of Usury and Interest in the History of England”
Commentator: Spiros Tegos (University of Crete)
Chair: Marc Hanvelt (Carleton University)
- 10:00-10:30: Coffee Break
- 10:30-11:30: Parallel Sessions
1) Keith Hankins (Chapman University) and John Thrasher (Monash University): “The Puzzle of Hume’s Politics”
Commentator: William Lemmens (University of Antwerp)
Chair: Wade Robison (Rochester Institute of Technology)
2) Christopher Williams (University of Nevada, Reno): “Absent Matters of Fact”
Commentator: Ruth Weintraub (Tel-Aviv University)
Chair: Angela Calvo De Saavedra (Pontificia Universidad Javeriana)
- 11:30-13:00: Lunch
- 13:00-14:00: Parallel Sessions
1) Wendel de Holanda Pereira Campelo (Federal University of Minas Gerais): “Hume’s Principle concerning the Existence of Mind-Independent Objects”
Commentator: Benjamin Nelson (University of Connecticut)
Chair: Pedro Faria (University of Cambridge)
2) Amyas Merivale (University of Oxford): “The Integrity of Hume’s Four Dissertations”
Commentator: Jane McIntyre (Cleveland State University)
Chair: Willem Lemmens (University of Antwerp)
- 14:00-15:00: Business Meeting
- 15:00-16:30: Plenary Lecture: Don Garrett (New York University): “Finding How to Found the Sciences: Hume’s ‘Foundational’ Project in the Treatise and Its Aftermath”
Chair: David Owen (University of Arizona)
- 18:00: Conference Banquet