David Hume

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Why Is David Hume Influential?

According to Wikipedia, David Hume was a Scottish Enlightenment philosopher, historian, economist, librarian, and essayist, who is best known today for his highly influential system of philosophical empiricism, skepticism, and naturalism. Beginning with A Treatise of Human Nature , Hume strove to create a naturalistic science of man that examined the psychological basis of human nature. Hume followed John Locke in rejecting the existence of innate ideas, concluding that all human knowledge derives solely from experience. This places him with Francis Bacon, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and George Berkeley as an empiricist.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With David Hume?

David Hume is affiliated with the following schools:

• University of Edinburgh

What Are David Hume's Academic Contributions?

David Hume has made the following academic contributions:

• A Treatise of Human Nature
• An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
• An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
• The Natural History of Religion
• Of the Standard of Taste
• My Own Life
• Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary
• Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion