It is highly likely that Hume and Smith were acquainted with speciation. Here we suggest that Hume and Smith were ...

In the Old Calton cemetery in Edinburgh, David Hume’s mausoleum, a stout, cylindrical tower, dominates the surrounding tombstones. Contrasting with this imposing tomb, Hume insisted that it carry a ...

Must reason override passion to allow for rational action? William & Mary Philosophy Professor Elizabeth Radcliffe’s new book says both are necessary, supporting the theory of 18 th-century ...

David Hume uncovered the roots of revolution in false philosophy. The conservative political tradition is usually thought to begin with Edmund Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France. Burke ...

This essay is taken from the foreword of George Caffentzis’s Civilizing Money: Hume, his Monetary Project and the Scottish Enlightenment. Caffentzis puts history back into chronology. The British ...

If you judged David Hume the man by his philosophy, you may judge him as disagreeable. He was a Scottish philosopher who epitomized what it means to be skeptical – to doubt both authority and the self ...

HUME becomes more and more popular among philosophers. The reason is that we find ourselves in a period very similar to his. Indeed, it is felt that the dogmatic interpretations which have been given ...

A bronze statue of David Hume in Edinburgh, Scotland. (AP) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive occasional promotional ...