I want to know the answer to the following question:
Who was a major figure in the skeptical philosophical and empiricist traditions of philosophy?
All the background I'm provided with is that "Much of what is incorporated in the scientific method (the nature of knowledge, evidence, experience, and causation) and some modern attitudes towards the relationship between science and religion were developed by his protégés David Hume and Adam Smith.". Is that enough to answer the question?
Answer: yes