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Abstract
Anyone appreciative Hume's greatness as a philosopher will want suppose that the Dialogues both form a coherent whole express Hume's own views on natural religion or religion based on reason (as opposed religion based on revelation). the last connection, given what we know Hume's eptemology, life, correspondence, one would be cled suppose that he would reject out h the claims revealed religion contend that if there exted an acceptable religion it would have be some form natural religion. But sar as natural religion claimed establh scientifically the extence nature God one would envage Hume dsentg. Now as long as we restrict our gaze Parts I-XI the Dialogues we seem be able, easily enough, IV, satfy all these suppositions. Part under the name 'mysticm, ' revealed religion summarily facetiously dmsed as 2 dtguhable from athem. Demea's apparently permanent departure from the dcussion at the conclusion Part XI as much as says, symbolically, that revealed religion not a serious contender for one's belief. Its a priori arguments -- the argument from sufficient reason the onlogical argument -- are almost as shortly attacked dmsed (D 188-192). Also quite keepg with Hume's philosophical view on knowledge matters fact , on the other
Journal
Hume Studies – Hume Society
Published: Jan 26, 1988