David Hume

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historian
gptkb:philosopher
essayist
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:birthDate 1711-05-07
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Edinburgh,_Scotland
gptkbp:deathDate 1776-08-25
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Edinburgh,_Scotland
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh
gptkbp:era 18th-century philosophy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label David Hume
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:A.J._Ayer
gptkb:Adam_Smith
gptkb:Charles_Darwin
gptkb:David_Hartley
gptkb:Immanuel_Kant
gptkb:James_Mill
gptkb:Jeremy_Bentham
gptkb:John_Stuart_Mill
gptkb:William_James
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Francis_Hutcheson
gptkb:George_Berkeley
gptkb:Isaac_Newton
gptkb:John_Locke
gptkb:Pierre_Bayle
gptkbp:knownFor bundle theory
critique of miracles
empirical skepticism
is-ought problem
problem of induction
theory of causation
theory of personal identity
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:mainInterest gptkb:philosophy
empiricism
ethics
philosophy of mind
skepticism
gptkbp:nationality Scottish
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:A_Treatise_of_Human_Nature
gptkb:An_Enquiry_Concerning_Human_Understanding
gptkb:An_Enquiry_Concerning_the_Principles_of_Morals
gptkb:Dialogues_Concerning_Natural_Religion
The History of England
gptkbp:region Western philosophy
gptkbp:religion atheism (often described as skeptic or agnostic)
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Old_Calton_Burial_Ground,_Edinburgh
gptkbp:schoolTradition gptkb:Scottish_Enlightenment
gptkb:naturalist
empiricism
skepticism
gptkbp:signature David Hume signature.svg
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Bertrand_Russell
gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3