Birth: 1711-05-11
, Escócia
Death: 1629-01-01
, Edimburgo, Escócia
David Hume was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist, considered one of the most important figures of the Scottish Enlightenment and Western philosophy. He is widely recognized as an empiricist and a radical skeptic. His works had a profound influence on the development of philosophy, especially in the areas of epistemology and philosophy of mind.