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  2. David Hume - Wikipedia

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    Hume was born on 26 April 1711, as David Home, in a tenement on the north side of Edinburgh's Lawnmarket.He was the second of two sons born to Catherine Home (née Falconer), daughter of Sir David Falconer of Newton, Midlothian and his wife Mary Falconer (née Norvell), [14] and Joseph Home of Chirnside in the County of Berwick, an advocate of Ninewells.

  3. Humeanism - Wikipedia

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    Central to Hume's position in metaethics is the is-ought distinction. It states that is-statements, which concern facts about the natural world, do not imply ought-statements, which are moral or evaluative claims about what should be done or what has value. In philosophy of mind, Hume is well known for his development of the bundle theory of ...

  4. A Treatise of Human Nature - Wikipedia

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    Hume's introduction presents the idea of placing all science and philosophy on a novel foundation: namely, an empirical investigation into human psychology.He begins by acknowledging "that common prejudice against metaphysical reasonings [i.e., any complicated and difficult argumentation]", a prejudice formed in reaction to "the present imperfect condition of the sciences" (including the ...

  5. An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding - Wikipedia

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    In the first section of the Enquiry, Hume provides a rough introduction to philosophy as a whole. For Hume, philosophy can be split into two general parts: natural philosophy and the philosophy of human nature (or, as he calls it, "moral philosophy"). The latter investigates both actions and thoughts.

  6. Hume Studies - Wikipedia

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    Hume Studies is an interdisciplinary journal that publishes articles on the philosophical thought of David Hume. [1] It is published by the Hume Society in April and November issues. [1] There is open access to the journal's first 30 volumes, which are available in their issue archive. Members of the Hume Society have online access to all volumes.

  7. Fact–value distinction - Wikipedia

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    It is generally regarded that Hume considered such derivations untenable, and his 'is–ought' problem is considered a principal question of moral philosophy. [5] Hume shared a political viewpoint with early Enlightenment philosophers such as Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) and John Locke (1632–1704). Specifically, Hume, at least to some extent ...

  8. Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary - Wikipedia

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    The total two-part collection appeared within a larger collection of Hume's writings titled Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects. [4] This was a collaborative publication with the important Scottish bookseller Alexander Kincaid, with whom the bookseller Andrew Millar had a lucrative but sometimes difficult relationship.

  9. Philosophy of education - Wikipedia

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    The philosophy of education is the branch of applied philosophy that investigates the nature of ... Kant was a proponent of public education and of learning by doing. ...