david hume

     

Philosopher Willard van Orman Quine said that this philosopher's "predicament is the human predicament"

Trivia about david hume

  • Kant said the work of this 18th c. Scottish skeptic awoke him from his dogmatic slumbers
  • This Scottish philosopher who died in 1776 denied that a miracle can be proved with any amount or kind of evidence
  • Immanuel Kant said the work of this 18th century Scottish philosopher awoke him from a dogmatic slumber
  • A part of this philosopher's human nature was to be born in Edinburgh in 1711
  • This Scot wanted to change the course of philosophy with his 1739-1740 "A Treatise of Human Nature"
  • This enlightened Scot's "A Treatise of Human Nature" was a flop at first, or as he put it, "Dead-born from the press"
  • After recovering from a nervous breakdown, this Scottish philosopher wrote "A Treatise of Human Nature"