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Could David Hume have known about Buddhism?

Many people have noticed the similiarity between David Hume's view of the self and Buddhist teaching, but Alison Gopnik suggests that Hume could well have discussed Buddhism with a Jesuit who was an expert on Tibetan Buddhism while he was in La Flèche. Read more...

David Hume: pragmatist and pyromaniac

Simon Blackburn sees David Hume as a pragmatist, the forerunner of William James, John Dewey, and even to some extent Richard Rorty in this wide-ranging article for the New York Times column 'The Stone'. Read more...

David Hume on the Balance of Trade

David Hume's thought experiments about trade were simple and elegant. Was this where modern economics began? Read more...