AuthorCabrera, Miguel A. Badรญa. author
TitleHume's Reflection on Religion [electronic resource] / by Miguel A. Badรญa Cabrera
ImprintDordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2001
Connect tohttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0848-8
Descript XIII, 336 p. online resource

CONTENT

I Hume's Scrutiny of Religion: Its Theoretical Foundations, Historical Roots, and Ultimate Goals -- 1 Humex2019;s Philosophical Project and his Reflection on Religion -- 2 Brief Historical Setting of Hume's Investigation of Religion -- II The Origin, Development and Historical Effects of Religious Beliefs -- 3 The Nature of Hume's Investigation of Religion -- 4 The Conception of the Phenomenon to be Investigated -- 5 The Origin of Religion: Critical Exposition of Hume's Theory -- 6 Religion and History -- 7 Belief and Faith -- 8 The Ethical Depreciation of Religion -- III Hume's Natural Theology: The Critique of the Presumed Validity of Religious Beliefs -- 9 From Historical Religion to Natural Religion -- 10 The Impassable Path of A Priori Reasoning: Analysis of Hume's Critique of the Ontological Argument and Its Foundations -- 11 The Rejection of Miracles: An Attempt to Elucidate the Import of Hume's Critique -- 12 The Uncertain Path of Empirical Reasoning, Part I: The Unfolding of Hume's Critique of the Argument from Design -- 13 The Uncertain Path of Empirical Reasoning, Part II: The Critique of the Argument from Design in the Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion -- IV General Conclusions -- 14 The Natural and Reasonable Character of the Belief in an Intellligent Author of the Universe


SUBJECT

  1. Philosophy
  2. Religion
  3. History
  4. Modern philosophy
  5. Religion -- Philosophy
  6. Philosophy
  7. Philosophy of Religion
  8. Religious Studies
  9. general
  10. History
  11. general
  12. Modern Philosophy