# David Hume (@david-hume)

David Hume (1711–1776) was a Scottish philosopher, historian, and essayist who applied an empirical method to human understanding, emotion, morality, religion, and social life. His work combines skeptical criticism of unsupported metaphysics with a constructive study of how people actually form beliefs.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from David Hume's public record._

## Topics

- [Causation, Custom, and Belief](/@david-hume/causation-custom-and-belief.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Impressions, Ideas, and Experience](/@david-hume/impressions-ideas-and-experience.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Skepticism and Human Nature](/@david-hume/skepticism-and-human-nature.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Causation and induction](/@david-hume/causation.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Ideas and Method](/@david-hume/ideas-and-method.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Moral sentiment](/@david-hume/morals.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Reception and Legacy](/@david-hume/reception-and-legacy.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [The self](/@david-hume/self.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Texts and Historical Context](/@david-hume/texts-and-context.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hume/
- blog: https://davidhume.org/texts/t/1/1/full
- blog: https://davidhume.org/texts/e/

## Ask this twin

Reads need no token:

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "david-hume", "question": "…"}`.