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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Bailey, Alan (1959-....)
O'Brien, Dan (1968-....)
Titre(s) : Hume's critique of religion [Texte électronique] : 'Sick Men's Dreams' / Alan Bailey, Dan O'Brien
Publication : Dordrecht : Springer, [2014]
Description matérielle : 1 online resource (1 texte électronique (xviii, 247 pages))
Collection : New synthese historical library ; v. 72
Note(s) : Titre de l'écran-titre (visionné le 28 février 2014). - Comprend des références bibliographiques
In this volume, authors Alan Bailey and Dan O'Brien examine the full import of David
Hume's arguments and the context of the society in which his work came to fruition.
They analyze the nuanced nature of Hume's philosophical discourse and provide an informed
look into his position on the possible content and rational justification of religious
belief. The authors first detail the pressures and forms of repression that confronted
any 18th century thinker wishing to challenge publicly the truth of Christian theism.
From there, they offer an overview of Hume's writings on religion, paying particular
attention to the inter-relationships between the various works. They show that Hume's
writings on religion are best seen as an artfully constructed web of irreligious argument
that seeks to push forward a radical outlook, one that only emerges when the attention
shifts from the individual sections of the web to its overall structure and context.
Even though there is no explicit denial in any of Hume's published writings or private
correspondence of the existence of God, the implications of his arguments often seem
to point strongly towards atheism. David Hume was one of the leading British critics
of Christianity and all forms of religion at a time when public utterances or published
writings denying the truth of Christianity were liable to legal prosecution. His philosophical
and historical writings offer a sustained and remarkably open critique of religion
that is unmatched by any previous author writing in English. Yet, despite Hume's widespread
reputation amongst his contemporaries for extreme irreligion, the subtle and measured
manner in which he presents his position means that it remains far from clear how
radical his views actually were--Résumé de l'éditeur
Sujet(s) : Hume, David (1711-1776)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9789400766150
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44722276x
Notice n° :
FRBNF44722276
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Table des matières : Chapter 1. Hume the Infidel ; Chapter 2. Blasphemy, Dissimulation, and Humean Prudence
; Chapter 3. Hume's Writings on Religion ; Chapter 4. Hume on the Intelligibility
of Religious Discourse ; Chapter 5. Epistemological Scepticism and Religious Belief
; Chapter 6. That Simple and Sublime Argument ; Chapter 7. The Design Argument and
Empirical Evidence of God's Existence ; Chapter 8. The Problem of Evil ; Chapter
9. Miracles ; Chapter 10. The Natural History of Religion ; Chapter 11. Morality
; Chapter 12. History and the Evaluation of Religion ; Chapter 13. Was Hume an Atheist?