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The friendship between two thinkers from this country is the subject of Dennis Rasmussen’s book The Infidel and the Professor. Enlightenment-era thinkers from this country often met (20[1])at the Select Society and the Poker Club. (0[1])The founder of this country’s school of “common sense realism” argued against his countryman’s theory that “constant conjunction” creates our notion (20[1])of cause (20[1])and effect. (20[1])In a dialogue (20[2]0[1])from this country, the skeptic (*) Philo (10[2])criticizes (10[1]0[1])arguments (0[1])for the existence of God. (10[1]0[1])In this country, (10[1])the author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments wrote a eulogy for a philosopher who critiqued (10[1])his own empiricism with the example (10[1])of a missing shade of blue. (10[2]0[1])For (10[1])10 (0[1])points, (10[1])name (10[1])this (10[1])country home to best friends David Hume (10[1])and (10[1])Adam (10[3]0[1])Smith. (10[3]0[3])■END■ (10[5]0[2])

ANSWER: Scotland [or Alba; accept the Scottish Enlightenment; accept the Scottish school of common sense or Scottish common sense realism; prompt on United Kingdom or Great Britain]
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