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Edinburgh Philosophy – Voices on Hume

Edinburgh Philosophy – Voices on Hume

As philosophers, our responses to the renaming of the David Hume Tower vary widely, as do the responses of the wider academic community. Out of respect for this diversity of opinion, all Philosophy staff have been invited to contribute to a blog to share their individual thoughts on the recent announcement.

Month: October 2020

According to the clichés, Hume is a towering figure in our philosophical tradition, an intellectual giant. It is therefore apt that a reckoning over the racism within Hume’s thought should be prompted by the proposed renaming of an actual tower – a building in whose shadow we might cower, or to whose heights we might […]

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