David Hume (/ hjuːm /; born David Home; 7 May 1711 – 25 August 1776) was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist and essayist who is known for his highly influential system of empiricism, …

Nov 15, 2025 · David Hume, Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist known especially for his philosophical empiricism and skepticism. Despite the enduring impact of his theory of …

Feb 26, 2001 · Today, philosophers recognize Hume as a thoroughgoing exponent of philosophical naturalism, as a precursor of contemporary cognitive science, and as the inspiration for several of …

A bibliography of David Hume and of Scottish philosophy from Francis Hutcheson to Lord Balfour (1938). This is the first published scholarly bibliographical work on Hume, early responses to Hume, …

A permanent online resource for Hume scholars and students, including reliable texts of almost everything written by David Hume, and links to secondary material on the web.

Life and philosophy of David Hume, biography, key ideas (inc. empiricism, causation, miracles, and Hume's fork), famous quotes, and works.

Explore David Hume's philosophy with this beginner-friendly guide. Learn about his life, skepticism, problem of induction, causation, and personal identity. Understand Hume's views on ethics, religion, …

Although many of Hume’s contemporaries denounced his writings as works of scepticism and atheism, his influence is evident in the moral philosophy and economic writings of his close friend Adam Smith.

Hume recast the moral philosophy of the Treatise 's Book III in An Enquiry concerning the Principles of Morals (1751). In both texts Hume clearly maintained that human agency and moral obligation are …

Hume’s philosophy has often been treated as the culmination of the empiricist tradition of Locke and Berkeley, but it can also be seen to continue the sceptical tradition, and, even more strikingly, the …