书目名称 | Hume‘s Critique of Religion: ‘Sick Men‘s Dreams‘ |
编辑 | Alan Bailey,Dan O‘Brien |
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概述 | Offers a distinctive interpretation of David Hume, a figure of considerable interest to today’s general educated public.Features an overview of Hume‘s writings on religion as well as detailed analysis |
丛书名称 | The New Synthese Historical Library |
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描述 | .In this volume, authors Alan Bailey and Dan O’Brien examine the full import of David Hume’s arguments and the context of the society in which his work came to fruition. They analyze the nuanced natured of Hume‘s philosophical discourse and provide an informed look into his position on the possible content and rational justification of religious belief..The authors first detail the pressures and forms of repression that confronted any 18.th .century thinker wishing to challenge publicly the truth of Christian theism. From there, they offer an overview of Hume‘s writings on religion, paying particular attention to the inter-relationships between the various works. They show that Hume‘s writings on religion are best seen as an artfully constructed web of irreligious argument that seeks to push forward a radical outlook, one that only emerges when the attention shifts from the individual sections of the web to its overall structure and context. Even though there isno explicit denial in any of Hume‘s published writings or private correspondence of the existence of God, the implications of his arguments often seem to point strongly towards atheism..David Hume was one of the leading Bri |
出版日期 | Book 2014 |
关键词 | Blasphemy, Dissimulation and Humean Prudence; History of England Hume; Hume and epistemological scepti |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6615-0 |
isbn_softcover | 978-94-017-7690-5 |
isbn_ebook | 978-94-007-6615-0Series ISSN 1879-8578 Series E-ISSN 2352-2585 |
issn_series | 1879-8578 |
copyright | Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014 |