* 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 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 )

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

* 1308 – Duns Scotus, Scottish philosopher

" The Scottish moral philosopher Francis Hutcheson, as a student at Glasgow, " was attracted most by Cicero, for whom he always professed the greatest admiration.

* 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 )

* 1982 – David Florence, Scottish canoe racer

On the death of Edgar in 1107 he succeeded to the Scottish crown ; but, in accordance with Edgar's instructions, their brother David was granted an appanage in southern Scotland.

* 1971 – David Tennant, Scottish actor

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

* 1963 – David Moyes, Scottish footballer

At a Braveheart Convention in 1997, held in Stirling the day after the Scottish Devolution vote and attended by 200 delegates from around the world, Braveheart author Randall Wallace, Seoras Wallace of the Wallace Clan, Scottish historian David Ross and Bláithín FitzGerald from Ireland gave lectures on various aspects of the film.

* In 2005, David McLetchie, leader of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party is forced to resign after claiming the highest taxi expenses of any MSP.

The central argument in Principles was that the present is the key to the past – a concept of the Scottish Enlightenment which David Hume had stated as " all inferences from experience suppose ... that the future will resemble the past ", and James Hutton had described when he wrote in 1788 that " from what has actually been, we have data for concluding with regard to that which is to happen thereafter.

* 1781 – Sir David Brewster, Scottish physicist ( d. 1868 )

Sir David Brewster ( 11 December 1781 – 10 February 1868 ) was a Scottish physicist, mathematician, astronomer, inventor, writer and university principal.

* Torrance, David, The Scottish Secretaries ( Birlinn 2006 )

David Abercromby was a 17th-century Scottish physician and writer, thought to have died in 1702.

* 1958 – David R. Ross, Scottish historian and writer ( d. 2010 )

A central figure of the Scottish Enlightenment, a founder member of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh, and active in the Select Society, his protégés included James Boswell, David Hume and Adam Smith.

* 1659 – David Gregory, Scottish astronomer ( d. 1708 )

* 1841 – David Wilkie, Scottish artist ( b. 1785 )

* 1321 – Joan of The Tower, Scottish wife of David II of Scotland ( d. 1362 )

* 1965 – David O ' Hara, Scottish actor