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David Hume

Front

Which tradition is David Hume most closely associated with?

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Hume was a radical empiricist and skeptic who challenged concepts of causality, miracles, and the self. He argued that we cannot rationally justify our belief in cause and effect.

Explanation

His skepticism prompted Immanuel Kant to 'awake from his dogmatic slumbers.'

Source or basis: An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

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