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Scottish philosopher, historian, economist and essayist (–)

For other people named David Hume, see David Hume (disambiguation).

David Hume (; born David Home; 7 May – 25 August ) was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist who was best known for his highly influential system of empiricism, philosophical scepticism and metaphysical naturalism.^[1] Beginning with A Treatise of Human Nature (–40), Hume strove to create a naturalistic science of man that examined the psychological basis of human nature.

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Hume followed John Locke in rejecting the existence of innate ideas, concluding that all human knowledge derives solely from experience. This places him with Francis Bacon, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and George Berkeley as an empiricist.^[8][9]

Hume argued that inductive reasoning and belief in causality cannot be justified rationally; instead, they result from custom and mental habit.

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