How well do you know David Hume? [quiz]

This January, the OUP Philosophy team has chosen David Hume as their Philosopher of the Month. Born in Edinburgh, Hume is considered a founding figure of empiricism and the most significant philosopher of the Scottish Enlightenment. With its strong critique of contemporary metaphysics, Hume’s Treatise of Human Nature cleared the way for a genuinely empirical account of human understanding. His work is still influential today.

But how much do you know about this famous Scottish philosopher? Test your knowledge of David Hume in the quiz below.

Quiz image credit: Portrait of David Hume, by Allan Ramsay, 1766. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.

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