What is the importance of David hume?

David Hume asked some basic, radical questions in philosophy. He will be remembered for these questions rather than for his answers. What is knowledge? What is the validity of Induction? What is the connection between fact and the value related to it? What is causality and power if you do not have a perception of them? Are they not just creations of your imaginations? What is the conclusive proof for the existence of God? Is not religion and god the subjects which should be discussed out side the realm of philosophy? These questions generated big discussions which is going on even today. He pointed out some basic issues of language which are later developed by the linguistic philosophers. The history of philosophy will not be complete without David Hume. Listen to Kant who recognised the greatness of Hume: "I was awakened from the dogmatic slumber when I read Hume." I suggest a doctoral dissertation on Hume by Jose Padipurackal Oommen, Gregorian University, Rome for further reading, viz., The Epistemological Foundations of David Hume's Moral Philosophy" (1999)