David Hume (/hjuːm/; born David Home; 7 May 1711 – 25 August 1776) was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist who was best known for...

free dictionary. David Hume (1711–1776) was a Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian. David Hume may also refer to: David Hume of Godscroft (1558–1629)...

Desmond David Hume is a fictional character on the ABC television series Lost portrayed by Henry Ian Cusick. Desmond's name is a tribute to David Hume, the...

David Hume Kennerly (born March 9, 1947) is an American photographer. He won the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography for his portfolio of photographs...

David Hume, Baron Hume of Ninewells FRSE (1757–1838) was a Scottish advocate, judge and legal scholar, whose work on Scots criminal law and Scots private...

necessitarians. Views differ on whether David Hume was a Deist, an atheist, or something else. Like the Deists, Hume rejected revelation, and his famous essay...

David Hume or Home of Godscroft (1558–1629) was a Scottish historian and political theorist, poet and controversialist, a major intellectual figure in...

up hume in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hume most commonly refers to: David Hume (1711–1776), Scottish philosopher Hume may also refer to: Hume (surname)...

Hobbes. Members of the Associationist School, including John Locke, David Hume, David Hartley, Joseph Priestley, James Mill, John Stuart Mill, Alexander...

The History of England (1754–1761) is David Hume's great work on the history of England (also covering Wales, Scotland, and Ireland), which he wrote in...

derived from, the is–ought problem in moral philosophy, characterized by David Hume. The terms are often used interchangeably, though philosophical discourse...

survival for man. David Hume criticized the social contract theory of John Locke and others as resting on a myth of some actual agreement. Hume was a realist...

stands." Einstein was an admirer of the philosophy of David Hume; in 1944 he said "If one reads Hume’s books, one is amazed that many and sometimes even highly...

critique of the problem of induction was given by the Scottish philosopher David Hume. Although the use of inductive reasoning demonstrates considerable success...

formally in systems of second-order logic. Hume's principle is named for the Scottish philosopher David Hume and was coined by George Boolos. HP plays...

rejected the argument on the basis that humans cannot know God's nature. David Hume also offered an empirical objection, criticising its lack of evidential...

from the observed to the unobserved are known as "inductive inferences". David Hume, who first formulated the problem in 1739, argued that there is no non-circular...

Inequality Hume, David (1739). A Treatise of Human Nature. Project Gutenberg. pp. Book III, Part II, Section II. Retrieved 2 February 2016. Hume, David (1739)...

David Milford Hume (21 October 1917, Muskegon, Michigan, United States - 19 May 1973), was an American medical doctor and pioneer in kidney disease research...

additional force, ability, and security, that society becomes advantageous. - David Hume, A Treatise on Human Nature In his introduction to The Art of the Pin-Maker...

David Hume (1796 Berwick, Scotland - 1 February 1864 Grahamstown) was an explorer and big-game hunter who lived much of his life in Cape Colony. David...

lectures at the University of Edinburgh, leading him to collaborate with David Hume during the Scottish Enlightenment. Smith obtained a professorship at Glasgow...

property. In contrast to the figures discussed in this section thus far David Hume lived a relatively quiet life that had settled down to a relatively stable...

position is expressed (for instance) by Thomas Jefferson, and the latter by David Hume. Theologians typically say that, with divine providence, God regularly...

Hume, David (1948). "Part II". Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion (with introduction by Norman Kemp Smith ed.). Social Sciences Publishers. Hume,...

software), or "hardware-agnostic". Scottish Enlightenment philosopher David Hume contended that meaningful statements about the universe are always qualified...

vol. 4, p. 480. Hume, D., A Treatise of Human Nature, L.A. Selby-Bigge (ed.), Oxford University Press, London, UK, 1975. Hume, David. "An Enquiry Concerning...

nearest to the concerns of the present article is the "efficient" one. David Hume, as part of his opposition to rationalism, argued that pure reason alone...

Especially important were the general logical arguments presented by David Hume in his Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, published in 1779, and the...

orders of President Snow. Collins was inspired by Scottish philosopher David Hume, specifically his ideas of implicit submission and "the easiness with...