David O'Connor

Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Hume on Religion

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Produktbeschreibung

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.
Hume on Religion introduces and asseses:
_Hume's life and the background to the Dialogues _the ideas and text of Dialogues _Hume's continuing importance to philosophy.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis; Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. April 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 270g
• ISBN-13: 9780415201957
• ISBN-10: 0415201950
• Artikelnr.: 21521272

Autorenporträt

David O'Connor is Professor of Philosophy at Seton Hall University. He is the author of God and Inscrutable Evil and The Metaphysics of G.E. Moore.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 An overview of the Dialogues
Chapter 3 The scope and legitimacy of natural religion
Chapter 4 Cleanthes' first design argument
Chapter 5 Cleanthes' second design argument
Chapter 6 'A mind like the human'
Chapter 7 Naturalism and scepticism
Chapter 8 Further weakening of natural religion
Chapter 9 The problem of evil
Chapter 10 'True religion'

Rezensionen

'This is a well-written guide to ... Hume's posthumously (1779) published Dialogues concerning Natural Religion ... An excellent book.' - International Review of Biblical Studies

"O'Connor's book is clearly written and carefully argued. It rewards both casual reading and careful study." - James F. Sennett, Lincoln Christian College and Seminary in Philosophical Books