Hume, David.

Mackinnon, Ken

Abstract

David Hume was a leading figure in the Scottish Enlightenment, the period in the eighteenth century that produced new and often radical thinking in philosophy, in economics, in the sciences, in the emerging social sciences, in architecture, and in literature, among many fields.

Citation

MACKINNON, K. 2023. Hume, David. In Zanetti, G., Sellers, M. and Kirste, S. (eds.) Handbook of the history of the philosophy of law and social philosophy. Studies in the history of law and justice, 22. Cham: Springer [online], pages 175-184. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19542-6_24

• Online Publication Date: Apr 4, 2023
• Publication Date: Dec 31, 2023
• Deposit Date: Feb 17, 2025
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 5, 2025
• Publisher: Springer
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 175-184
• Series Title: Studies in the history of law and justice
• Series Number: 22
• Book Title: Handbook of the history of the philosophy of law and social philosophy
• ISBN: 9783031195419
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19542-6_24
• Keywords: Scottish enlightenment period; Philosophy; Economics; Social sciences; Radical thinking
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2157879
• Additional Information: Originally published as MACKINNON, K. 2020. Hume and law. In Sellers, M. and Kirste, S. (eds.) Encyclopedia of the philosophy of law and social philosophy. Cham: Springer [online], pages 1-7. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6730-0_620-1