Scottish empiricist David Hume made a similar argument, that belief in objective moral truths is unwarranted and to discuss them is meaningless.

Hayek's greatest intellectual debt was to Carl Menger, who pioneered an approach to social explanation similar to that developed in Britain by Bernard Mandeville and the Scottish moral philosophers in the Scottish Enlightenment.

Written in 1776 by Adam Smith, a Scottish moral philosopher, The Wealth of Nations aims for efficient organization of work through Specialization of labor.

Notably, Paley and Hume both rejected Scottish moral sense theory, on the grounds that one could not know with certainty that there was such a thing as a moral sense.

* Thomas Brown ( 1778 – 1820 ), Scottish moral philosopher and philosopher of mind ; jointly held the Chair of Moral Philosophy at Edinburgh University with Dugald Stewart

Alexander Bain ( 11 June 1818 – 18 September 1903 ) was a Scottish philosopher and educationalist in the British school of empiricism who was a prominent and innovative figure in the fields of psychology, linguistics, logic, moral philosophy and education reform.

They promoted conservatism as a means of implanting Scottish moral values.

Sumner shared many intellectual assumptions with 18th-century Scottish moral philosophers, such as Adam Smith, Thomas Reid, and Dugald Stewart.

The major reason for this ideological kinship was the historical fact that Scottish moral philosophy was one of the major sources for modern social science.

Alasdair Chalmers MacIntyre ( born 1929 ) is a Scottish philosopher primarily known for his contribution to moral and political philosophy but known also for his work in history of philosophy and theology.

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, generally referred to by its shortened title The Wealth of Nations, is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith.

" Garry Wills, on the other hand, maintains that it was neither the Lockean tradition nor the classical republican tradition that drove the revolution, but instead Scottish moral philosophy, a political philosophy that based its conception of society on friendship, sensibility and the controlled passions.

* Sir W. D. Ross ( William David Ross, 1877 – 1971 ), Scottish moral philosopher, translator of Aristotle, and academic

Other Founding Fathers like James Madison had no ancestral connection but were imbued with ideas drawn from Scottish moral philosophy.

He holds a BSc in Geography, submajoring in moral philosophy and psychology from the University of Aberdeen ( 1977 ), a financial MBA from the University of Edinburgh ( 1981 ), and in 2008 the Academy of Irish Cultural Heritages ( of which he is a Visiting Fellow ) at the University of Ulster approved the award of PhD by Published Work based on Soil and Soul and twelve supporting publications presented with a short linking thesis, ' Some Contributions of Liberation Theology to Community Empowerment in Scottish Land Reform 1991-2003 '.

* 1773 – James Mill, Scottish philosopher and historian ( d. 1836 )

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is a book by the Scottish empiricist philosopher David Hume, published in 1748.

Scottish philosopher W. R. Sorley presented the following argument:

Bundle theory, originated by the 18th century Scottish philosopher David Hume, is the ontological theory about objecthood in which an object consists only of a collection ( bundle ) of properties, relations or tropes.

David Hume ( 25 August 1776 ) was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist, known especially for his philosophical empiricism and skepticism.

The term was introduced by the Scottish philosopher James Frederick Ferrier ( 1808 – 1864 ).

Earlier, the Scottish philosopher David Hume had put forward a similar view on the difference between facts and values.

The Scottish philosopher David Hume ( 1711 – 1776 ) responded to Berkeley's criticisms of Locke, as well as other differences between early modern philosophers, and moved empiricism to a new level of skepticism.

The first major philosopher of the Scottish Enlightenment was Francis Hutcheson, who held the Chair of Philosophy at the University of Glasgow from 1729 to 1746.

Hugh Binning ( 1627 – 1653 ) was a Scottish philosopher.

Henry Home, Lord Kames ( 169627 December 1782 ) was a Scottish advocate, judge, philosopher, writer and agricultural improver.

Following the French committee's findings, in his Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind ( 1818 ), Dugald Stewart, an influential academic philosopher of the " Scottish School of Common Sense ", encouraged physicians to salvage elements of Mesmerism by replacing the supernatural theory of " animal magnetism " with a new interpretation based upon " common sense " laws of physiology and psychology.

* 1723 – Adam Smith, Scottish philosopher and economist ( d. 1790 )

Hutton was one of the most influential participants in the Scottish Enlightenment, and fell in with numerous first-class minds in the sciences including John Playfair, philosopher David Hume and economist Adam Smith.

John Abercrombie FRSE FRCSE FRCPE ( 12 October 1780, Aberdeen – 14 November 1844, Edinburgh ) was a Scottish physician and philosopher.

* 1711 – David Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian ( d. 1776 )

* 1308 – Duns Scotus, Scottish philosopher

* Adam Smith ( 1723 – 1790 ) Scottish economist and philosopher.

* David Hume, Scottish philosopher

* Adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher

* September 18 – Alexander Bain, Scottish philosopher ( b. 1818 )

* December 27 – Henry Home, Lord Kames, Scottish advocate and philosopher ( b. 1697 )

* October 7 – Thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher ( b. 1710 )

* January 26 – Francis Jeffrey, Scottish judge and literary critic ( b. 1773 )

** Francis Edward James Keith, Scottish soldier and Prussian field marshal ( b. 1696 )

* June 11 – Francis Edward James Keith, Scottish soldier and Prussian field marshal ( d. 1758 )

The Canadian monarchy can trace its ancestral lineage back to the kings of the Angles and the early Scottish kings, through centuries since parts of the territories that today comprise Canada were claimed by King Henry VII in 1497 and others by King Francis I in 1534 ; both being blood relatives of the current Canadian monarch.

Faced with a revolt of some Scottish notables, Francis II provided some military support to the regent, Marie of Guise.

When Francis II and Marie Stuart received the treaty of Edinburgh, they refused to sign it, outraged by it, and challenged the legitimacy of the Scottish parliament decision.

* Francis James Child collected fourteen variants in The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, but the summary of Child Ballad 39A is considered to be the earliest ( Another Child ballad, Burd Ellen and Young Tamlane has no connection with this ballad except for the similarity of the heroes ' names.

As well as Nares and Maclear, others that were part of the naval crew included Pelham Aldrich, Lord George Granville Campbell, and Andrew Francis Balfour ( one of the sons of Scottish botanist John Hutton Balfour ).

Among the Scottish thinkers and scientists of the period were Francis Hutcheson, Alexander Campbell, David Hume, Adam Smith, Dugald Stewart, Thomas Reid, Robert Burns, Adam Ferguson, John Playfair, Joseph Black and James Hutton.

The first major philosopher of the Scottish Enlightenment was Francis Hutcheson, who held the chair of philosophy at the University of Glasgow from 1729 to 1746.

Kirkcudbright has had a long association with the Glasgow art movement, which started when a colony of artists, including the Glasgow Boys and the famed Scottish Colourists, such as Samuel Peploe and Francis Cadell, based themselves in the area over a 30-year period from 1880 to 1910.

Spanning six decades, it tells the story of Father Francis Chisholm, an unconventional Scottish Catholic priest who struggles to establish a mission in China.

In 1826 he wrote a preface to a translation of Stewart's Moral Philosophy, demonstrating the possibility of a scientific statement of the laws of consciousness ; in 1828 he began a translation of the works of Reid, and in his preface estimated the influence of Scottish criticism upon philosophy, giving a biographical account of the movement from Francis Hutcheson onwards.

Mary was uninterested in politics and devoted to James and her children, two of whom survived to adulthood: the Jacobite claimant to the English, Scottish and Irish thrones, James Francis Edward Stuart, known as " The Old Pretender ", and Princess Louise Mary.

Francis Hutcheson ( 8 August 1694 – 8 August 1746 ) was a philosopher born in Ireland to a family of Scottish Presbyterians who became one of the founding fathers of the Scottish Enlightenment.

See also Martineau, Types of Ethical Theory ( London, 1902 ); WR Scott, Francis Hutcheson ( Cambridge, 1900 ); Albee, History of English Utilitarianism ( London, 1902 ); T Fowler, Shaftesbury and Hutcheson ( London, 1882 ); J McCosh, Scottish Philosophy ( New York, 1874 ).

Review of Mark and Laura F. Heinman's, Corrected Second Edition of Francis James Child's English and Scottish Popular Ballads, volume 1, in Musical Traditions internet magazine, May 14, 2002.

Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey ( 23 October 1773 – 26 January 1850 ) was a Scottish judge and literary critic.

The Lymond Chronicles is a series of six novels, set in mid-sixteenth century Europe and the Mediterranean, which follows the life and career of a Scottish nobleman, Francis Crawford of Lymond, from 1547 through 1558.

He encountered Lord Francis Douglas, a Scottish mountaineer, who also wanted to climb the Matterhorn.

The Fairlie was invented and patented by the Scottish engineer Robert Francis Fairlie in 1864.

Francis Hutcheson ( c. 1722-1773 ) was a Scottish songwriter.