# Angela Coventry

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{{Short description|Australian philosopher}}
{{Infobox philosopher
| region = [Western philosophy](/source/Western_philosophy)
| era = [21st-century philosophy](/source/Contemporary_philosophy)
| name = Angela Coventry
| birth_date = 
| birth_place = 
| school_tradition = 
| institutions = [Portland State University](/source/Portland_State_University)
| main_interests = [early modern philosophy](/source/early_modern_philosophy), [David Hume](/source/David_Hume)
| education = [University of Tasmania](/source/University_of_Tasmania) (BA), [University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill](/source/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](/source/Portland_State_University). She is known for her work on [David Hume](/source/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](/source/Hume_Society), served as co-editor of the journal ''[Hume Studies](/source/Hume_Studies)'', and acted as the category editor for “David Hume” on [PhilPapers](/source/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/>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.pdx.edu/philosophy/profile/angela-coventry Faculty page at Portland State University]

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