A Treatise of Human Nature

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A Treatise of Human Nature is an influential 18th-century philosophical work by David Hume that systematically develops his empiricist account of human psychology, knowledge, and morality.

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A Treatise of Human Nature: Being an Attempt to Introduce the Experimental Method of Reasoning into Moral Subjects 1
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instanceOf book ⓘ
early modern philosophy text ⓘ
non-fiction book ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
aim to apply the experimental method of reasoning to moral subjects ⓘ
author David Hume ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Scotland ⓘ
describedByAuthorAs a work that fell dead-born from the press ⓘ
firstVolumePublicationYear 1739 ⓘ
followedBy An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding ⓘ
An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals ⓘ
fullTitle A Treatise of Human Nature self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: A Treatise of Human Nature: Being an Attempt to Introduce the Experimental Method of Reasoning into Moral Subjects
genre epistemology ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
psychology ⓘ
hasPart Book 1: Of the Understanding ⓘ
Book 2: Of the Passions ⓘ
Book 3: Of Morals ⓘ
hasPhilosophicalStance radical empiricism ⓘ
influenced Adam Smith ⓘ
Immanuel Kant ⓘ
analytic philosophy ⓘ
logical positivism ⓘ
influencedBy George Berkeley ⓘ
Isaac Newton ⓘ
John Locke ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject causation ⓘ
emotions ⓘ
human nature ⓘ
human psychology ⓘ
induction ⓘ
moral sentiments ⓘ
morality ⓘ
personal identity ⓘ
theory of knowledge ⓘ
movement empiricism ⓘ
notableIdea bundle theory of the self ⓘ
is–ought distinction precursor ⓘ
skepticism about causation ⓘ
theory of impressions and ideas ⓘ
period Enlightenment ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Empiricism ⓘ
surface form: British empiricism
placeOfPublication London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
publicationEndYear 1740 ⓘ
publicationStartYear 1739 ⓘ
secondVolumePublicationYear 1739 ⓘ
thirdVolumePublicationYear 1740 ⓘ

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Essays, Moral and Political → relatedWork → A Treatise of Human Nature ⓘ
Section V Sceptical Solution of these Doubts → relatedWork → A Treatise of Human Nature ⓘ