HUME'S NATURALISTIC CRITIQUE OF RELIGION
My paper addresses the senses in which Hume's naturalistic approach to religion can contribute to a critique of religion by discussing his 1757 Natural History of Religion. I compare Hume's approach with a recent paper of Raymond Geuss in order to show that Hume's approach to religion...
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2010
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| Summary: | My paper addresses the senses in which Hume's naturalistic approach to religion can contribute to a critique of religion by discussing his 1757 Natural History of Religion. I compare Hume's approach with a recent paper of Raymond Geuss in order to show that Hume's approach to religion is not 'naïve' in the way that some (Geuss included) assume. I shall argue that Hume is sensitive to aspects of religion that are not concerned with the epistemic standing of a central commitment to the existence of belief. © 2010 by Tijdschrift voor Filosofie. All rights reserved. |
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