Philosopher · Early modern period · Scotland
David Hume
1711–1776
Scottish thinker who pushed empiricism to skepticism: causation is habit, the self is a bundle of perceptions, and reason is the slave of the passions. His Treatise fell dead born from the press; the Enquiries made him famous. He lived 1711 to 1776.
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- Born
- 1711, Edinburgh, Scotland.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, David Hume
- Died
- 1776, Edinburgh.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, David Hume
- School
- Empiricism and skepticism.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, David Hume
- Known for
- The problem of induction, the attack on miracles, and the Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, published after his death.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, David Hume
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