What type of philosopher was Hutcheson?
moral philosopher
Who did he mentor?
David Hume and Adam Smith
Who was prominent with skeptics?
Hume
Did somebody die?
Louis XIV
When?
1715
Was there a rebellion?
yes
What kind?
scientific revolution.
When was that?
1620
Was there another one?
yes
What was it?
Enlightenment
Was there a rebellion in France?
unknown
What occurred in 1789?
the beginning of the French Revolution
What did the people call philosophers?
The Philosophes
Where did they spread their thoughts?
scientific academies, Masonic lodges, literary salons and coffee houses
Who was undermined?
monarchy and the church
And what did this lead to?
revolutions of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Was Hume important?
skeptical philosophical
Yes but was he important?
Hume became a major figure in the skeptical philosophical and empiricist traditions of philosophy.