Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion

Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
Author: David Hume
Publisher:
Total Pages: 274
Release: 1779
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

Download Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion is a philosophical work written by the Scottish philosopher David Hume. Through dialogue, three fictional characters named Demea, Philo, and Cleanthes debate the nature of God's existence. While all three agree that a god exists, they differ sharply in opinion on God's nature or attributes and how, or if, humankind can come to knowledge of a deity. In the Dialogues, Hume's characters debate a number of arguments for the existence of God, and arguments whose proponents believe through which we may come to know the nature of God. Such topics debated include the argument from design - for which Hume uses a house - and whether there is more suffering or good in the world (Argument from evil)

Principal Writings on Religion Including Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion and the Natural History of Religion

Principal Writings on Religion Including Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion and the Natural History of Religion
Author: David Hume
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 268
Release: 1993
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN:

Download Principal Writings on Religion Including Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion and the Natural History of Religion Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Presents four works that are central to the 18th-century Scottish philosopher's campaign against organized religion. The three posthumous essays were probably written at the height of his campaign, but he dropped the project on advice from a friend. The spelling, capitalization, and punctuation are modernized and the speakers of each dialogue are identified with bold type. First published in 1980. No index. Paper edition (unseen), $5.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Hume's 'Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion'

Hume's 'Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion'
Author: Andrew Pyle
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2006-12-12
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780826475688

Download Hume's 'Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion' Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

This text guides the reader to a clear understanding of the classic of Enlightenment Philosophy and Theology, Hume's Dialogues

Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion (Second Edition)

Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion (Second Edition)
Author: David Hume
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
Total Pages: 158
Release: 1998-03-12
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780872204027

Download Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion (Second Edition) Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Hume's brilliant and dispassionate essay "Of Miracles" has been added in this expanded edition of his Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, which also includes "Of the Immortality of the Soul," "Of Suicide," and Richard Popkin's illuminating Introduction.

Hume: Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion

Hume: Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
Author: Dorothy Coleman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 149
Release: 2007-04-12
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1139463799

Download Hume: Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

David Hume's Dialogues concerning Natural Religion, first published in 1779, is one of the most influential works in the philosophy of religion and the most artful instance of philosophical dialogue since the dialogues of Plato. It presents a fictional conversation between a sceptic, an orthodox Christian, and a Newtonian theist concerning evidence for the existence of an intelligent cause of nature based on observable features of the world. This edition presents it together with several of Hume's other, shorter writings about religion, and with brief selections from the work of Pierre Bayle, who influenced both Hume's views on religion and the dialectical style of the Dialogues. The volume is completed by an introduction which sets the Dialogues in its philosophical and historical contexts.

Writings on Religion

Writings on Religion
Author: David Hume
Publisher: Paul Carus Student Editions
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1992
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780812691122

Download Writings on Religion Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Penetrating, ironic, and witty, David Hume's writings on religion scandalized his contemporaries. Ever since Hume, traditional religious doctrines have been intellectually on the defensive. Yet these writings have also provided some materials for conducting the defense, and have raised conceptual problems still unresolved. This volume contains all of Hume's works specifically on religion.

Briefly: Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion

Briefly: Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
Author: David Mills Daniel
Publisher: SCM Press
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2013-01-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0334048346

Download Briefly: Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Briefly: Hume’s Dialogues is a summarized version of David Hume’s Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, which is designed to assist university and sixth-form students in acquiring knowledge and understanding of this key text in the Philosophy of Religion. Based on, and page referenced to, Popkin’s Hackett edition of the Dialogues, an important feature of the book is its close adherence to Hume’s text, enabling the reader to follow each development in the argument as it occurs. It will be of particular value in helping students to revise for university examinations in Philosophy and Theology (the Dialogues is a popular set text in both subjects) and for A-level examinations in Religious Studies. The introduction contains a brief biography of Hume, examines and assesses the importance of the main issues covered by the Dialogues, and indicates where they are to be found in the text. There is a comprehensive glossary of terms.

The Unity of Content and Form in Philosophical Writing

The Unity of Content and Form in Philosophical Writing
Author: Jon Stewart
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2013-07-18
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1472507932

Download The Unity of Content and Form in Philosophical Writing Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

In The Unity of Content and Form in Philosophical Writing, Jon Stewart argues that there is a close relation between content and form in philosophical writing. While this might seem obvious at first glance, it is overlooked in the current climate of Anglophone academic philosophy, which, Stewart contends, accepts only a single genre as proper for philosophical expression. Stewart demonstrates the uniformity of today's philosophical writing by contrasting it with that of the past. Taking specific texts from the history of philosophy and literature as case studies, Stewart shows how the use of genres like dialogues, plays and short stories were an entirely suitable and effective means of presenting and arguing for philosophical positions given the concrete historical and cultural contexts in which they appeared. Now, Stewart argues, the prevailing intolerance means that the same texts are dismissed as unphilosophical merely due to their form, although their content is, in fact, profoundly philosophical. The book's challenge to current conventions of philosophical is provocative and timely, and will be of great interest to students and scholars of philosophy, literature and history.