Key Takeaways Although empiricist arguments by Locke and Berkeley were influential enough to refute rationalism concerning the nature of knowledge, it was Hume who deeply clobbered rationalism in an argument that was presented in his Treatise of Human Nature.Owing to his immense contributions to the field of philosophy, his ideas are collectively called Humeanism today. Hume maintained … Continue reading David Hume: His Philosophical Empiricism and Skepticism