KnowraDavid HumeLinked fromLinked fromThe 73 pages that link to David Hume, each with the reason it gives.All 73Broader topic 4Related 64Narrower topic 1Compared with 4Garrett HardinRelated: Hume’s account of convention offers a contrasting way to explain how rules for shared resources arise.TasteRelated: His essay on standards of taste asks how judgments can be compared despite differences in feeling.The Theory of Moral SentimentsRelated: Hume’s sentimentalist account of morality provides a close contemporary point of comparison.An Enquiry Concerning Human UnderstandingRelated: Hume revised arguments first developed in his earlier philosophical writings for this work.Critique of Pure ReasonRelated: Kant says Hume’s challenge to necessary causation prompted him to reconsider metaphysics.Adam FergusonRelated: Hume’s historical and philosophical writing offers a close contemporary comparison to Ferguson’s.J. L. MackieRelated: Mackie wrote influential interpretations of Hume’s philosophy and skepticism.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.Modern philosophyBroader topic: His skepticism exposed tensions in both rationalist metaphysics and empiricist accounts of knowledge.Novum OrganumCompared with: Hume exposes a problem Bacon’s method does not solve: why past observations warrant expectations about future cases.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.Previous2 of 2
KnowraDavid HumeLinked fromLinked fromThe 73 pages that link to David Hume, each with the reason it gives.All 73Broader topic 4Related 64Narrower topic 1Compared with 4Garrett HardinRelated: Hume’s account of convention offers a contrasting way to explain how rules for shared resources arise.TasteRelated: His essay on standards of taste asks how judgments can be compared despite differences in feeling.The Theory of Moral SentimentsRelated: Hume’s sentimentalist account of morality provides a close contemporary point of comparison.An Enquiry Concerning Human UnderstandingRelated: Hume revised arguments first developed in his earlier philosophical writings for this work.Critique of Pure ReasonRelated: Kant says Hume’s challenge to necessary causation prompted him to reconsider metaphysics.Adam FergusonRelated: Hume’s historical and philosophical writing offers a close contemporary comparison to Ferguson’s.J. L. MackieRelated: Mackie wrote influential interpretations of Hume’s philosophy and skepticism.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.Modern philosophyBroader topic: His skepticism exposed tensions in both rationalist metaphysics and empiricist accounts of knowledge.Novum OrganumCompared with: Hume exposes a problem Bacon’s method does not solve: why past observations warrant expectations about future cases.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.Previous2 of 2