David Hume
by Gary Brown/science Photo Library
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David Hume
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Gary Brown/science Photo Library
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David Hume (1711-1776). Caricature of the British philosopher and historian David Hume. Hume influenced the development of scepticism and empiricism. He rejected the idea of causality, claiming that one event would not necessarily lead to another - events were linked only by the imagination of the observer rather than by reason. In effect, Hume was rejecting scientific laws which state that one action necessarily produces another in a predictable manner. As an historian, Hume broke with tradition by explaining the intellectual and economic reasons behind events rather than just describing the events in a strictly chronological order.
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October 5th, 2018
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