Hume
OriginScotland
Era1711
SchoolEmpiricism
About Hume
The problem of induction: we can never prove the sun will rise tomorrow. His bundle theory says the self is just a collection of perceptions. Woke Kant from his dogmatic slumber, as Kant himself admitted. His history of England outsold his philosophical works. Was denied university positions due to his skepticism about religion.
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