Donald W. Livingston

Professor

Department of Philosophy
561 S. Kilgo Circle
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322

404-727-6580
404-712-9425 FAX

Ph.D., Washington University, 1965

Research: History of modern philosophy (especially Hume and the Scottish Enlightenment), philosophy of history, political philosophy.

Selected Publications: Author of Hume's Philosophy of Common Life (Chicago 1984) and Philosophical Melancholy and Delirium (Chicago 1998); co-editor of Hume, A Re-evaluation; Liberty in Hume's "History of England"; and Hume as Philosopher of Society, Politics, and History.

Currently engaged in a book-length study on the moral, legal, and philosophical meaning of secession.

Fellowships and Honors: Member of editorial board of Hume Studies; National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow, 1978-79.