Hume: An introduction

Nigel Warburton talks to Simon Blackburn about David Hume's theory of the self. 

Timothy Chappell and Peter Kail discuss Hume on design. 

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of the philosopher David Hume. A key figure in the Scottish Enlightenment of the eighteenth century, Hume was an empiricist who believed that humans can only have knowledge of things they have themselves experienced. Hume made a number ...  Afficher plus

For the second episode in this season of History of Ideas, David discusses the Scottish philosopher David Hume and explores how eighteenth-century arguments about the national debt can help make sense of American politics today. When does public borrowing become a recipe for nati ...  Afficher plus

First part of lecture one of Peter Millican's series on David Hume's Treatise on Human Nature Book One. 

On this episode of the podcast, we talk about David Hume! First, we learn about Hume’s ‘is’ versus ‘ought’ distinction and how not being mindful of this pitfall can lead us down a dangerous path. Next, we discuss the limitations of science and learn what Hume thought should fill ...  Afficher plus