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SUMMARY:David Hume goes to War\, or: What is Intellectual Biography? - Mor
 itz Baumstark
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CONTACT:T.S. Thompson
DESCRIPTION:This paper is concerned with the reassessment of a neglected p
 eriod in David Hume’s life and intellectual career. It charts his involv
 ement in a dramatic episode of the War of the Austrian Succession (1740-48
 )\, an abortive expedition by British land and sea forces directed against
  the French port of l’Orient in 1746. Hume’s immediate response to thi
 s military fiasco will be reconstructed from a variety of sources and it w
 ill be argued that his participation in this expedition had a profound and
  transformative impact on his personal\, philosophical and political outlo
 ok. Our examination of this period in Hume’s life will provide us with a
  test case for assessing the theoretical and methodological problems invol
 ved in any attempt to write an account of Hume’s life that incorporates 
 his intellectual development and seeks to explain his remarkable transitio
 n from philosopher to historian. The paper will thus raise a number of gen
 eral questions concerning the nature and purpose of ‘intellectual biogra
 phy’. 
LOCATION:Entertaining Room\, Darwin College
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