David Hume

Not only could he out-consume Schopenhauer and Hegel, Humey was the great causal sceptic and the first great post modernist. Neat guy.

See also

• Consilience — E. O. Wilson’s rather potty book (in which he doesn't really get to grips with Hume)
• Artificial intelligence
• René Descartes (or Des Carter to his friends)
• Crazy Freddie Nietzsche