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The 73 pages that link to David Hume, each with the reason it gives.

• Rational egoismRelated: His account of reason challenges the idea that rationality by itself directs agents toward self-interest.

• InductivismRelated: His challenge makes the justification of inductivism a central philosophical problem.

• An Essay Concerning Human UnderstandingRelated: Hume extended the empiricist project while drawing more skeptical conclusions.

• Antony FlewRelated: Hume’s arguments against miracles and design formed part of the skeptical tradition Flew inherited.

• Bernard MandevilleRelated: Hume inherited the problem of explaining social cooperation without relying on moral perfection.

• Criticism of religionRelated: His analysis of testimony and miracles remains a central challenge to supernatural claims.

• Existence of GodRelated: His criticisms challenged design arguments and the use of evidence to infer divine attributes.

• History of atheismRelated: His skeptical critiques shaped later debates without requiring a simple label of atheism.

• Quality (philosophy)Related: His analysis of perception and resemblance raised doubts about qualities beyond experience.

• Simon BlackburnRelated: Hume’s account of moral sentiment supplies a major intellectual source for Blackburn’s metaethics.

• History of ethicsRelated: His challenge to rationalist ethics reshaped modern debates about moral motivation.

• History of suicideRelated: His posthumously published essay challenged religious arguments against suicide.

• Secular moralityRelated: His account of sympathy and moral sentiment offers a non-theological basis for ethics.

• Theoretical philosophyRelated: His skepticism challenged claims that reason alone establishes truths about the world.