A philosopher may point out that the troubles of the Congo began with the old Adam and consequently will never end.

Edinburgh's Enlightenment produced philosopher David Hume and the pioneer of political economy, Adam Smith.

* 1748 – Adam Weishaupt, German philosopher ( d. 1830 )

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

* 1974 – Adam Dean, American philosopher

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.

* the philosopher as anthropologist: tries to find the basics of human nature ; thinkers such as David Hume and Adam Smith.

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

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

* Adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher

* April 14 – Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician and philosopher ( d. 1632 )

* July 17 – Adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher ( b. 1723 )

* May 25 – Adam Tanner, Austrian mathematician and philosopher ( b. 1572 )

* November 18 – Adam Weishaupt, German philosopher ( b. 1748 )

* February 22 – Adam Ferguson, Scottish philosopher and historian ( b. 1723 )

* June 5 – ( baptised ) Adam Smith, Scottish economist and philosopher ( d. 1790 )

** Adam Ferguson, Scottish philosopher and historian ( d. 1816 )

French physiocrats, Adam Smith, David Ricardo and German philosopher and social theorist Karl Marx were some of the exponents of political economy.

* Adam Shaw ( painter ): ( born 1957 ) Nationally exhibited painter, physician, and philosopher.

The influential medieval philosopher Maimonides maintained a skeptical ambiguity towards creation ex nihilo and considered the stories about Adam more as " philosophical anthropology, rather than as historical stories whose protagonist is the ' first man '.

* Adam Ferguson, Scottish philosopher, social scientist and historian

During his time as a lecturer in Glasgow College he taught and influenced Adam Smith, the economist and philosopher.

* Joseph Butler ( 1692 – 1752 ) English bishop, theologian, apologist and philosopher who offered critiques of Thomas Hobbes and John Locke and influenced figures such as David Hume, Thomas Reid, and Adam Smith

In the 18th century, the Scottish social philosopher and political economist Adam Smith, in The Wealth of Nations ( 1776 ) proposed that the " truck, barter, and exchange " activities of the market were corresponding economic representations of human nature, that is, the buying and selling of commodities were activities intrinsic to the market, and thus are the " natural behaviour " of the market.

In a 1995 paper, philosopher Quentin Smith argued that key concepts in Kripke's new theory of reference had originated from the work of Ruth Barcan Marcus more than a decade earlier.

* July 17-Adam Smith, Scottish philosopher ( born 1723 )

However, Scott agreed with theologian Huston Smith and philosopher Alvin Plantinga that " unsupervised " and " impersonal " should be dropped from the statement as they made philosophical and theological claims beyond those science could claim to make based on its principle of methodological naturalism — and the statement was altered.

Noting the Greek cynic philosopher Diogenes ' aspiration to transcend " local origins and group memberships " in favor of becoming " a citizen of the world ", Nussbaum traces the development of this idea through the Stoics, Cicero, and eventually modern liberalism of Adam Smith and Immanuel Kant.

Kirkcaldy is also known as the birthplace of social philosopher and economist, Adam Smith who wrote his most famous work, The Wealth of Nations at his mother's house on the High Street.

* Tara Smith ( philosopher )

Scottish Enlightenment philosopher Adam Smith was an early enemy of cartels

Prominent deceased distinguished supporters include philosopher A J Ayer, founder of the BHA Harold Blackham, visionary science fiction writer Sir Arthur C Clarke, social and political theorist Bernard Crick, child psychologist and activist Dr James Hemming, jazz and blues singer George Melly, comedian Linda Smith, broadcaster and journalist Sir Ludovic Kennedy.

Critics of this approach, like philosopher Ken Wilber and religious scholar Huston Smith, see the more materialistic formulations of the approach as examples of reductionism and scientism that are only looking at the empirical aspects of the phenomena, and not including the possible validity of spiritual experience with all of its subjectivity.

Norman Kemp Smith ( 1872 – 1958 ) was a Scottish philosopher who lectured at Princeton University and was Professor of Logic and Metaphysics at the University of Edinburgh.

Eliminative materialist philosopher Patricia Smith Churchland has famously remarked about Penrose's theories that " Pixie dust in the synapses is about as explanatorily powerful as quantum coherence in the microtubules.

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

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.

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

Marie-Sophie Germain ( April 1, 1776 – June 27, 1831 ) was a French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher.

As a philosopher best known for the United States Declaration of Independence ( 1776 ), especially " All men are created equal ," and his support of democracy in theory and practice.

* April 26 – David Hume, Scottish philosopher ( d. 1776 )

The 18th-century Enlightenment philosopher David Hume ( 1711 – 1776 ) serves in several important respects as the father both of modern emotivism and of moral relativism, though Hume himself did not espouse relativism.

* David Hume ( 1711 – 1776 ) philosopher, historian, essayist

* May 7-David Hume, philosopher ( died 1776 )

The is – ought problem in meta-ethics as articulated by Scottish philosopher and historian David Hume ( 1711 – 1776 ) is that many writers make claims about what ought to be on the basis of statements about what is.

Buste de Pierre-Simon Ballanche par Jean-Marie Bonnassieux, musée des Beaux-Arts de LyonPierre-Simon Ballanche ( 4 August 1776 – 12 June 1847 ) was a French writer and counterrevolutionary philosopher, who elaborated a theology of progress that possessed considerable influence in French literary circles in the beginning of the nineteenth century.

Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck ( February 14, 1776 – March 16, 1858 ) was a prolific German botanist, physician, zoologist, and natural philosopher.

Johann Wilhelm Ritter ( 16 December 1776 – 23 January 1810 ) was a German chemist, physicist and philosopher.

The American Crisis is a pamphlet series by 18th century Enlightenment philosopher and author Thomas Paine, originally published from 1776 to 1783 during the American Revolution.

Reveries of a Solitary Walker ( or Reveries of the Solitary Walker, French title: Les Rêveries du promeneur solitaire ) is an unfinished book by Genevan philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, written between 1776 and 1778.

Writing in 1776 of the ancient Romans, Edward Gibbon said: " The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true ; by the philosopher as equally false ; and by the magistrate as equally useful.