How 250 Years of Philosophers Tried to Prove David Hume Wrong | Deep Philosophy for Sleep

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David Hume's ideas were so troubling that philosophers have spent 250 years trying to prove him wrong about everything from causation to morality to personal identity. This deep dive explores how history's greatest minds—from Thomas Reid to modern thinkers—have challenged the Scottish philosopher who made everyone question what we can actually know. All of Hume's Ideas: https://youtu.be/GhSV1pdo_AA?si=Z_c9CcjnzgLjaFDY 00:00:00 Intro 00:04:48 The Induction Crisis That Shattered Human Knowledge 00:11:39 Reid's Common Sense Revolution Against Humean Skepticism 00:18:22 Kant's Transcendental Revolution and Its Limitations 00:25:18 The Is Ought Problem That Destroyed Moral Rationalism 00:32:30 The Bundle Theory Collapse and Personal Identity Crisis 00:39:36 The Causation Critique That Undermined Necessary Connection 00:46:06 The Skeptical Method That Destroyed Metaphysics 00:53:39 The Empiricist Foundation That Crumbled Under Analysis 01:00:04 The Moral Sentiment Theory Under Philosophical Fire 01:06:55 The Religious Skepticism That Undermined Natural Theology 01:14:02 Contemporary Analytic Philosophy's Assault on Humean Concepts 01:20:14 Moore's Open Question and the Naturalistic Fallacy Critique 01:26:23 Wittgensteinian Dissolution of Humean Problems 01:33:01 Evolutionary Epistemology's Challenge to Humean Skepticism 01:39:43 Pragmatist Rejection of Humean Dualisms 01:47:17 Phenomenological Challenges to Empiricist Assumptions 01:54:35 The Other Minds Problem in Humean Framework 02:01:35 Scientific Realism Versus Humean Instrumentalism 02:08:57 Feminist Critiques of the Reason Emotion Divide 02:16:00 Cognitive Science Challenges to the Copy Principle 02:24:14 Modal Logic and the Necessity Problem 02:31:04 Social Construction Versus Natural Belief 02:38:30 Externalist Epistemology Against Humean Internalism 02:45:22 Virtue Ethics Revival Against Humean Sentimentalism 02:52:19 Contemporary Naturalism's Enduring Hume Problem