Philosophy 329:
Hume on the Web
Philosophy 329:
Hume on the Web
Here are some useful web resources devoted to David Hume:
Works by Hume on the Web
The Online Library of Liberty has a good selection of Hume's works available online.
Many of Hume's works available online are catalogued through a site on the Scottish Enlightenment.Available through the Making of America online library is the four volume set of The Philosophical Works of David Hume published in 1854. Note that this appears to be a scan.
Volume 1 - includes autobiographical material and Book 1 of the Treatise
Volume 2 - includes Books 2 and 3 plus the appendix of the Treatise, plus Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
Volume 3 - includes Essays Moral, Political and Literary
Volume 4 - includes the two Enquirys, A Dissertation on the Passions, The Natural History of Religion, and some additional essays.
Also available from Making of America is the complete History of England.
Many of Hume's philosophical works (as well as his History of England) are available via the Modern Philosophers site.
The 1777 edition of Hume's Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, including page breaks corresponding to the Selby-Bigge edition, is available from the Leeds Hume Project.
McMaster University's Archive for the History of Economic Thought has Hume's essays on economics.
Jonathan Bennett has "translated" many of Hume's key works into more contemporary English.
Philosophy About Hume
Issues of Hume Studies, an interdisciplinary journal devoted to Hume, from 1975 - 1989 are available free via their website at http://www.humesociety.org/hs/index.html.
You can listen to an interview with Hume scholar Don Garrett about Hume.
Hume Scholars with Papers Online
Hume Bibliographies
The Leeds Hume Project includes an extensive annotated bibliography to works about Hume's Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding.
James Fieser's seriously detailed bibliography of Hume's writings and early responses is available online.
Hume and His Critics provides an illustrated bibliographical essay re: Hume and the Scottish Enlightenment.
Biographical Information
Some contemporary and historical comments on Hume's autobiography are available.
Books:
E. C. Mossner, The Life of David Hume, Second Ed. (Oxford University Press) - considered the definitive biography, reasonably readable if you are motivated.
Roderick Graham, Great Infidel: A Life of David Hume, (Tuckwell Press, 2005)
David Edmonds and John Eidinow, Rousseau's Dog, (Ecco, 2006) - enjoyable read discusses the conflict between Hume and Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Hume's Historical Context
The History of Economic Thought website has a useful account of the Scottish Enlightenment, of which Hume was a part.
Hume Sites
The Leeds Hume Project - includes the Enquiry, bibliography and links to a few secondary sources.
The Hume Society - organization devoted to Hume, publishes the journal Hume Studies.
DavidHume.org - from Peter Millican.
The McGill University David Hume Collection boasts the largest collection of original works of Hume outside Edinburgh University - its catalog of holdings is online.
The Epistemelinks Hume page contains numerous links not included here.
