David Hume (1711-1776) was a Scottish philosopher.
Short Biography:
A Treatise of Human Nature in 1740 is a central text of British empiricism. Hume denies the possibility of going beyond the subjective experiences of "ideas" and "impressions". The effect of this position is to invalidate metaphysics.
His "History of Great Britain" (1754-1762) was very popular within his own lifetime but "A Treatise of Human Nature" was indifferently received.
He shared many of the beliefs of the British empiricist school especially those of Locke.
Hume's Law in moral philosophy states that it is never possible to deduce evaluative conclusions from factual premises; this has come to be known as the is/ought problem.
Why is David Hume famous?
David Hume is for his philosophical empiricism and skepticism.
No related sites found. If you are the webmaster of a website, blog or forum that contains related information to this page, we invite you to submit it for inclusion here.
Please add a link to our website before submitting your link(s).
Your link will be validated by our editors in about 48 hours.
irrelevant
broken