Life and Correspondence of David Hume
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Life and Correspondence of David Hume is a biographical work by John Hill Burton that chronicles the life, writings, and personal letters of the Scottish philosopher David Hume.
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Target entity: Life and Correspondence of David Hume Context triple: [John Hill Burton, notableWork, Life and Correspondence of David Hume]
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"The Philosophy of David Hume"
"The Philosophy of David Hume" is a landmark scholarly study in which Norman Kemp Smith offers an influential and systematic interpretation of Hume’s philosophy, especially his theory of knowledge and metaphysics.
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Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers
Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers is a biographical work by Diogenes Laërtius that compiles the lives, doctrines, and anecdotes of ancient Greek philosophers.
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David Hume über den Glauben, oder Idealismus und Realismus
"David Hume über den Glauben, oder Idealismus und Realismus" is a philosophical work by Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi in which he critically engages with David Hume’s skepticism and explores the tension between idealism, realism, and religious belief.
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An Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense
An Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense is an influential 1764 philosophical treatise by Thomas Reid that lays the foundations of Scottish Common Sense Realism in opposition to the skepticism of thinkers like David Hume.
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An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is a seminal philosophical work by David Hume that critically examines the nature and limits of human knowledge, especially our beliefs about causation, induction, and miracles.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Life and Correspondence of David Hume Target entity description: Life and Correspondence of David Hume is a biographical work by John Hill Burton that chronicles the life, writings, and personal letters of the Scottish philosopher David Hume.
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A.
"The Philosophy of David Hume"
"The Philosophy of David Hume" is a landmark scholarly study in which Norman Kemp Smith offers an influential and systematic interpretation of Hume’s philosophy, especially his theory of knowledge and metaphysics.
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B.
Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers
Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers is a biographical work by Diogenes Laërtius that compiles the lives, doctrines, and anecdotes of ancient Greek philosophers.
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C.
David Hume über den Glauben, oder Idealismus und Realismus
"David Hume über den Glauben, oder Idealismus und Realismus" is a philosophical work by Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi in which he critically engages with David Hume’s skepticism and explores the tension between idealism, realism, and religious belief.
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D.
An Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense
An Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense is an influential 1764 philosophical treatise by Thomas Reid that lays the foundations of Scottish Common Sense Realism in opposition to the skepticism of thinkers like David Hume.
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E.
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is a seminal philosophical work by David Hume that critically examines the nature and limits of human knowledge, especially our beliefs about causation, induction, and miracles.
- F. None of above. chosen
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