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|DOB Era=CE
|DOB Year=1711
|DOB Month=May
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|DOD Era=CE
|DOD Year=1776
|DOD Month=August
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|Summary='''David Hume''' (1711-1776) was a Scottish philosopher, historian , and essayist.[[CiteRef::Fieser (2016)]] As one of the first important philosophers to write in English, Hume was a skeptic. Hume’s two largest contributions to the field of philosophy lie within his major philosophical works: ''A Treatise of Human Nature'' and ''Enquiries concerning Human Understanding''. He is perhaps most well known for his interpretation of Aristotle’s causation in terms of matters of fact and relations of ideas, and for questioning the rationality behind induction.[[CiteRef::Morris (2001)]] These are known as Hume’s Fork and The Problem of Induction respectively. These skeptical arguments posed a challenge to many great philosophical minds and continue to challenge philosophers today.
|Historical Context=Hume is one of the most notable skeptics in all of history thanks to his skepticism of causation, and necessary connection. More specifically, within scientific change, Hume’s arguments are most notably used against infallibilism. Famously, Hume is often associated with the terms '''The Problem of Induction''' and '''Hume’s Fork'''. Hume creates most of his arguments for skepticism within his two texts ''A Treatise of Human Nature'' and ''Enquiries concerning Human Understanding''. At the time, modern philosophers had strived away from Aristotle’s account of causation. In this rejection, they thought themselves revolutionary. Still, those same philosophers kept Aristotle’s distinction between knowledge and belief. Descartes and Malebranche, for instance, were certain of demonstrative scientific knowledge. Locke, on the other hand, was more interested in showing belief is rational enough to assert natural philosophy.[[CiteRef::Morris (2001)]]
