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I'm pretty sure Heidegger asserted that he was not an existentialist (and that he was an existentialist), and he specifically said that Sartre got him entirely wrong. Though when I actually go back to find such claims, I find very few places where Heidegger actually seems to be expressing a proposition. But then, I read English translations - we all know German philosophers make more sense in the original French. And Sartre said some things that had nothing to do with Heidegger.
I agree with the sentiment, but a study of some Hegelians should demonstrate otherwise.
What in Hume is valuable? If you want to read interesting stuff about causality, read Judea Pearl. I didn't think a section on political philosophy led down the right road (for humor), and I'd recommend Locke and Mill before Hume. For empiricism, the Pragmatists really should do well enough. And surely you wouldn't want people reading Hume directly in order to understand economics? What else is there?
The phenomenalism, the argument against induction, and frankly giving Judea Pearl's book to someone who has barely even thought about causality is a little ridiculous. Hume is a far more manageable, math-free introduction. Then there is the classic response to the Watchmaker argument, written before Darwin. People here should be familiar with Hume, if only as an intellectual forbearer.