James Fieser
Online Portfolio: Scholarship

Books Published

  • Early Responses to Hume, revised second edition, 10 volumes edited and annotated with introductions, Thoemmes/Continuum Press, 2005 (first edition appeared in five two-volume installments between 1999 and 2003)
  • Philosophical Questions, co-authored with Norman Lillegard, Oxford University Press, 2005
  • Scriptures of the World’s Religions, co-edited and annotated with introductions, McGraw Hill Publications, 2004 (second edition, first edition 1998; also published in two volumes as Scriptures of the East, and Scriptures of the West).
  • Historical Introduction to Philosophy, coauthored with Norman Lillegard, Oxford University Press, 2002.
  • Socrates to Sartre and Beyond, continuing author for Samuel Stumpf (deceased), McGraw Hill, 2002.
  • Philosophical Problems, continuing editor for Samuel Stumpf (deceased), McGraw Hill, 2002.
  • Moral Philosophy Through the Ages, McGraw Hill, 2001.
  • Scottish Common Sense Philosophy, 5 volumes, edited and annotated with introductions, Thoemmes Press, 2000.
  • Metaethics, Normative Ethics, and Applied Ethics: Historical and Contemporary Readings, edited with introductions, Wadsworth Publishing Company, 2000.
  • Early Responses to Hume’s Moral Philosophy, edited and annotated with introductions, Thoemmes Press, 1999.
  • Natural History of Religion, by David Hume, edited and annotated with an introduction, Prentice Hall, Library of Liberal Arts series, 1992.
    •      Books Under Contract
  • Great Issues of Philosophy, Oxford University Press (2006)
  • Applied Ethics, editor, Wadsworth (2006)
  • Theories of Ethics, editor, Wadsworth (2007)
  • Introduction to the World’s Religions, co-authored with John Powers, McGraw Hill (2007)
    •      Articles in Refereed Journals
  • "Hume’s Wide View of the Virtues", Hume Studies 1998, Vol. 14, pp. 295-311
  • "Hume’s Distinction between Natural and Artificial Virtues" British Journal of the History of Philosophy, 1997, Vol. 5, pp. 373-388.
  • "18th Century British Reviews to Hume’s Writings," Journal of the History of Ideas, Fall, 1996, Vol. 57
  • "Do Businesses have Moral Obligations Beyond what the Law Requires?" Journal of Business Ethics, 1996, Vol. 15, pp. 457-468.
  • "Hume’s Concealed Attack on Religion and his Early Critics," Journal of Philosophical Research, 1995, Vol. 20, pp. 83-101.
  • "Beattie’s Lost Letter to the London Review," Hume Studies, 1994, Vol. 20, pp. 1-12.
  • "Moore, Spencer, and the Naturalistic Fallacy," History of Philosophy Quarterly, 1993, Vol. 10, pp. 271-277.
  • "Callicott and the Metaphysical Basis of Eco-Centric Morality," Environmental Ethics, 1993, Vol. 15, pp. 171-181.
  • "The Correlativity of Duties and Rights," International Journal of Applied Philosophy, 1992, Vol. 7, pp. 1-8
  • "A Study Guide Approach to Teaching Primary Texts in Philosophy," American Philosophical Association Newsletter on Teaching Philosophy, 1992, Vol. 92, pp. 110-115.
  • "The Logic of Natural Law in Aquinas’ ‘Treatise on Law,’" Journal of Philosophical Research, 1992, Vol. 17, pp. 147-164.
  • "Hume’s Classification of the Passions and its Precursors," Hume Studies, 1992, Vol. 18, pp. 1-17.
  • "Leopold and The Compatibility of Eco-Centric Morality," International Journal of Applied Philosophy, 1992, Vol. 7, pp. 37-41.
  • "Is Hume a Moral Skeptic?,"Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, 1989, Vol. 50, pp. 89-106.
  • "Hume’s Pyrrhonism: A Developmental Interpretation," Hume Studies, 1989, Vol. 15, pp. 93-119.
    •      Invited Articles
  • "An Argument Against Normative Ecocentrism" Ideacao, 1998, Vol. 1, pp. 45-59 (invited article)
  • "Using Study Guides to Primary Texts," co-authored with Norman Lillegard, AAPT Newsletter, Summer 1997, Volume 20, pp. 5-7 (invited article)
    •      Introductions to Book Facsimiles
  • Introduction to reprint edition of David Hume's Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, Thoemmes Press, 2002
  • Introduction to reprint edition of Alexander Crombie's Natural Theology, Thoemmes Press, 2001
  • Introduction to reprint edition of James Gregory's Philosophical and Literary Essays, Thoemmes Press, 2001
  • Forward to reprint edition of David Hume's Four Dissertations and Essays on Suicide and the Immortality of the Soul, St. Austin Press, 2001
    • Book Reviews
  • Review of D.Z. Phillips's Religion and Hume's Legacy in Journal of the History of Philosophy, April 2001, Vol. 39, pp. 299-300.
  • Review of Jennifer A. Herdt’s Religion and Faction in Hume’s Moral Philosophy in Journal of the History of Philosophy, 1999, Vol. 37, pp. 170-171
  • Review of Stanley Tweyman’s Hume on Miracles and Hume on Natural Religion, in Hume Studies, 1998, Vol. 14, pp. 195-200
  • Review of M.A. Stewart’s Hume and Hume’s Connexions, in Philosophical Books, 1998, Vol. 39, pp. 246-248
    •      Encyclopedia Articles
  • "James Beattie," Encyclopedia of Philosophy, MacMillan (second edition, to appear)
  • "Daniel Dewar," Dictionary of 19th Century British Philosophers, Thoemmes Press (2003)
  • "George Gleig," Dictionary of 19th Century British Philosophers, Thoemmes Press (2003)
  • "Moral Skepticism," Encyclopedia of Empiricism (1997)
  • "Passions," Encyclopedia of Empiricism (1997)
    •      Internet Publications
  • Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: www.iep.utm.edu (Founder, contributor, and General Editor)
  • Philosophical Films: www.philfilms.utm.edu (Founder, contributor, and General Editor)
  • A Bibliography of Hume's Writings and Early Responses, Bristol: Thoemmes Press (2003).
    • Other Book Manuscripts
  • Eastern Philosophy; (496 k)
  • Business Ethics; (47 k)
    •      Unpublished Articles
  • "The Probability Argument for the Existence of God and Alien Pyramid Builders"
  • "The Rise and Fall of Beattie’s Common Sense Theory of Truth,”
  • "Hume's Solution to the Necessitarian Problem of Evil"
  • "The Eschatological Problem of Free Will"
    •      Presentations
  • "The Rise and Fall of Beattie’s Common Sense Theory of Truth,” 18th-Century Scottish Studies Society Annaul Conference," Charleston SC, April 12, 2003
  • "Hume’s Wide View of the Virtues," World Congress of Philosophy, Boston, August 12, 1998
  • "Editorial Challenges of the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy," Computing and Philosophy Conference, August 8, 1997, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Roundtable speaker on "Electronic Products on 18th-century Studies," American Society of Eighteenth Century Studies (ASECS), April 11, 1997
  • "Using Study Guides to Primary Texts," co-presented with Norman Lillegard, American Association of Philosophy Teachers Conference, August 3, 1996
  • Commentator on James Montmarquet’s "A Cognitivist Theory of Virtue," Tennessee Philosophical Association," October 30, 1993
  • Commentator on William C. Davis’s "Hume and Reid on the Possibility of a Relational Moral Ontology," APA Central Division Annual Meeting, 1993.
  • "Hume’s Consequential Skepticism," Ohio University, March 4, 1988.
  • "Hume’s Compatibilism and the Problem of Evil" Cumberland College, May 21, 1987.
  • "Hume’s Theory of Impressions," Purdue University, January 27, 1986.
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    James Fieser
    Department of History and Philosophy
    University of Tennessee at Martin
    Martin, TN 38238

    jfieser@utm.edu
    Office: (731) 587-7537