As duas dimensões da teoria da história de David Hume

Pedro Eduardo Silva

doi:10.5433/1984-3356.2025v18n35p288-309

Autores

Pedro Eduardo Silva Universidade de Brasília https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2548-9212

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1984-3356.2025v18n35p288-309

Palavras-chave:

David Hume, Teoria da história, Filosofia da história, Historiografia anglo-saxã, Iluminismo

Resumo

O presente artigo aponta a existência de duas dimensões complementares, porém distintas, da história no pensamento do filósofo e historiador escocês setecentista David Hume. A primeira delas abarca o entendimento da história como forma de conhecimento imparcial, justificado e sistematicamente organizado sobre o passado, cujos procedimentos e técnicas foram amplamente teorizados por Hume ao longo de sua carreira. A segunda é a história como processo histórico, isto é, como uma totalidade abarcadora de todos os eventos e agentes do passado. Esta seria dotada de um padrão organizador e de um sentido que, após desvelado e explicado, permitiria ao historiador algum grau de especulações e projeções sobre o futuro. Na construção da análise, fazem-se referências às principais considerações sobre a história em obras de Hume produzidas entre meados da década de 1730 e o início dos anos 1760. Dentre os textos privilegiados em nosso exame, destacam-se o Tratado da Natureza Humana, alguns dos Ensaios, as duas Investigações e a História da Inglaterra.

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Biografia do Autor

Pedro Eduardo Silva, Universidade de Brasília

Doutor em História. Universidade de Brasília, UnB. Historiador e professor de teoria e filosofia da história do Departamento de História e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em História da Universidade de Brasília (UnB).

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