Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Hume on Religion

Taylor & Francis

David Hume was the most important British philosopher of the eighteenth century. His Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion is a classic text in the philosophy of religion.\nHume on Religion introduces and asseses:\n*Hume's life and the background to the Dialogues *the ideas and text of Dialogues *Hume's continuing importance to philosophy.\n > Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 An overview of the Dialogues; Chapter 3 The scope and legitimacy of natural religion; Chapter 4 Cleanthes\u2019 first design argument; Chapter 5 Cleanthes\u2019 second design argument; Chapter 6 \u2018A mind like the human\u2019; Chapter 7 Naturalism and scepticism; Chapter 8 Further weakening of natural religion; Chapter 9 The problem of evil; Chapter 10 \u2018True religion\u2019; > \n'This is a well-written guide to ... Hume's posthumously (1779) published Dialogues concerning Natural Religion ... An excellent book.' - International Review of Biblical Studies