<i> IL GOVERNO DELL’OPINIONE. L’EPISTEMOLOGIA POLITICA DI DAVID HUME </i>

Abstract

The essay analyses David Hume’s political epistemology by focusing on the issue of “general opinion” in its relationship with the questions of poli­tical obligation and of the production and infraction of order. Opinion emerges as the keystone of a new conception of politics in which a com­muni­cative vi­sion of society redefines both the tasks of government and the con­cept of or­der. While government is supposed to protect order, it results in facts as its pro­duct.