{{Short description|Australian philosopher}} {{Infobox philosopher | region = Western philosophy | era = 21st-century philosophy | name = Angela Coventry | birth_date = | birth_place = | school_tradition = | institutions = Portland State University | main_interests = early modern philosophy, David Hume | education = University of Tasmania (BA), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (PhD) | notable_ideas = Scholarship on Hume’s naturalism and personal identity | awards = | website = https://www.pdx.edu/philosophy/profile/angela-coventry }}
'''Angela Michelle Coventry''' is an Australian philosopher and professor of philosophy at Portland State University. She is known for her work on David Hume, especially on causation, personal identity, and Humean natural ontology. Coventry has held the roles of Vice President and Executive Secretary‑Treasurer of the Hume Society, served as co-editor of the journal ''Hume Studies'', and acted as the category editor for “David Hume” on PhilPapers.<ref name="PSU">{{cite web |title=Angela Coventry – Portland State University |url=https://www.pdx.edu/philosophy/profile/angela-coventry |website=Portland State University |access-date=14 November 2025}}</ref>
==Books== * Coventry, Angela M. ''Hume’s Theory of Causation: A Quasi-Realist Interpretation''. Bloomsbury, 2006.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kail |first1=P. J. E. |title=Hume's Theory of Causation: A Quasi-Realist Interpretation (review) |journal=Hume Studies |date=2007 |volume=33 |issue=1 |pages=190–192 |doi=10.1353/hms.2011.0224 |issn=1947-9921}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Miller |first1=Alexander |last2=Ghoroori |first2=Saba |title=Hume on causation: against the quasi-realist interpretation |journal=Inquiry |volume=0 |issue=0 |pages=1–11 |doi=10.1080/0020174X.2024.2353617 |issn=0020-174X}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Dimech |first1=Dominic K. |title=Quasi-Realism and Inductive Scepticism in Hume's Theory of Causation |journal=Australasian Journal of Philosophy |date=2 October 2019 |volume=97 |issue=4 |pages=637–650 |doi=10.1080/00048402.2018.1564776 |issn=0004-8402}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Biro |first1=John |title=Review of Hume's Theory of Causation: A Quasi-Realist Interpretation |journal=NDPR |date=21 April 2007 |url=https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/hume-s-theory-of-causation-a-quasi-realist-interpretation/ |language=en |issn=1538-1617}}</ref> * Coventry, Angela M. ''Hume: A Guide for the Perplexed''. Bloomsbury, 2007; 2nd ed. 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hume; a guide for the perplexed |url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Hume%3B%2Ba%2Bguide%2Bfor%2Bthe%2Bperplexed.-a0172604797 |website=The Free Library |access-date=14 November 2025}}</ref> * Coventry, Angela M., and Andrew Valls (eds.). ''David Hume: Morals, Politics, and Society''. Yale University Press, 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Against the Cosmological Argument: The Legacy of Hume's Dialogues, Part 9 |url=https://philpapers.org/rec/COVATC |website=PhilPapers |access-date=14 November 2025}}</ref> * Coventry, Angela M., and Alex Sager (eds.). ''The Humean Mind''. Routledge, 2019.<ref name=PSU/> * Coventry, Angela M., and Kenneth Merrill. ''The Historical Dictionary of Hume’s Philosophy''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2018.<ref name=PSU/> * Coventry, Angela M. ''A Treatise of Human Nature'' (Broadview Press edition, as editor), 2023.<ref name=PSU/>
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==External links== * [https://www.pdx.edu/philosophy/profile/angela-coventry Faculty page at Portland State University]
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