A IDEIA DE ESPAÇO NO TRATADO DA NATUREZA HUMANA, DE HUME

In this article, one aims to analyze the Hume´s discussion about the idea of space, presenting the debate about the rejection of the theory of infinite divisibility of extension and its defense of the perceptive atomism. Therefore, one starts from the context of analysis which Hume is inserted, that is, the debate between Locke and Berkeley regarding the abstraction of the extension. In this sense, the text attempts to point how Hume´s debate concerning space results in sustaining the existence of mathematical points and to show how the thesis regarding the relational nature of space is Hume´s form to seek the link between his perceptive atomism and abstractionism.