Norman Kemp Smith's The Philosophy of David Hume has long been regarded as a classic study by scholars in the field, a ground breaking book that has since been unsurpassed in its comprehensive coverage of the ideas and issues of Hume's Treatise. NORMAN KEMP SMITH was born in Dundee in 1872 and died in Edinburgh in 1958. Between 1919 and 1945 he was Professor of Logic and Metaphysics at the University of Edinburgh. Amongst his books are New Studies in the Philosophy of Descartes, The Credibility of Divine Existence and his translation of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason.