David Hume

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Enlightenment philosopher diplomat economist essayist historian human philosopher

David Hume was an 18th-century Scottish philosopher and historian known for his influential empiricism, skepticism, and naturalistic approach to human understanding.

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instanceOf	Enlightenment philosopher ⓘ diplomat ⓘ economist ⓘ essayist ⓘ historian ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ
birthName	David Home ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1711-05-07 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1776-08-25 ⓘ
education	University of Edinburgh ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Scottish ⓘ
fieldOfWork	economics ⓘ history ⓘ philosophy ⓘ
influenced	Adam Smith ⓘ Charles Darwin ⓘ Immanuel Kant ⓘ Jeremy Bentham ⓘ John Stuart Mill ⓘ analytic philosophy ⓘ logical positivism ⓘ
influencedBy	George Berkeley ⓘ Isaac Newton ⓘ John Locke ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainInterest	aesthetics ⓘ epistemology ⓘ ethics ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of mind ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ
movement	Empiricism ⓘ Naturalism ⓘ Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ Skepticism ⓘ
name	David Hume self-link ⓘ
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 ⓘ History of England ⓘ The Natural History of Religion ⓘ
philosophicalSchool	empiricism ⓘ naturalism ⓘ skepticism ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Edinburgh ⓘ Scotland ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Edinburgh ⓘ
positionHeld	Librarian of the Faculty of Advocates in Edinburgh ⓘ Secretary to the British Embassy in Paris ⓘ
religiousView	religious skeptic ⓘ

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