David Home

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Scottish Enlightenment figure human philosopher

David Home is the original birth name of the Scottish Enlightenment philosopher David Hume, renowned for his influential works on empiricism, skepticism, and moral philosophy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Scottish Enlightenment figure ⓘ
human ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
alsoKnownAs David Hume ⓘ
birthNameOf David Hume ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1711-05-07 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1776-08-25 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Edinburgh ⓘ
ethnicGroup Scottish ⓘ
fieldOfWork epistemology ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
history ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ
philosophy of religion ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
influenced Adam Smith ⓘ
Immanuel Kant ⓘ
Jeremy Bentham ⓘ
John Stuart Mill ⓘ
logical positivism ⓘ
modern analytic philosophy ⓘ
influencedBy George Berkeley ⓘ
Isaac Newton ⓘ
John Locke ⓘ
language English ⓘ
movement Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ
empiricism ⓘ
skepticism ⓘ
name David Home self-link ⓘ
notableIdea bundle theory of the self ⓘ
is–ought problem ⓘ
mitigated skepticism ⓘ
moral sentimentalism ⓘ
problem of induction ⓘ
notableWork A Treatise of Human Nature ⓘ
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding ⓘ
An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals ⓘ
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion ⓘ
Essays, Moral and Political ⓘ
The History of England ⓘ
occupation essayist ⓘ
historian ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
philosophicalSchool empiricism ⓘ
skepticism ⓘ
placeOfBirth Edinburgh ⓘ
placeOfDeath Edinburgh ⓘ
religiousView religious skeptic ⓘ

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David Hume → birthName → David Home ⓘ
David Home → name → David Home self-link ⓘ