Dialogues concerning natural religion and other writings / David Hume ; edited by Dorothy Coleman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hume, David, 1711-1776.

Contributor:

Coleman, Dorothy, 1954-

Series:

Cambridge texts in the history of philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural theology--Early works to 1800.

Natural theology.

Religion--Early works to 1800.

Religion.

Physical Description:

liv, 157 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Summary:

The main objective of Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy is to expand the range, variety, and quality of texts in the history of philosophy which are available in English. The series includes texts by familiar names (such as Descartes and Kant) and also by less well-known authors. Wherever possible, texts are published in complete and unabridged form, and translations are specially commissioned for the series. Each volume contains a critical introduction together with a guide to further reading and any necessary glossaries and textual apparatus. The volumes are designed for student use at undergraduate and postgraduate level, and will be of interest not only to students of philosophy but also to a wider audience of readers in the history of science, the history of theology, and the history of ideas.

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 skeptic, 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 new 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.

Contents:

Dialogues concerning natural religion

Pamphilus to Hermippus

From Hume's memoranda

Fragment on evil

Letter to Francis Hutcheson

Letter to William Mure

Letters to Gilbert Elliot

From the natural history of religion

Selections from Pierre Bayle.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0521842603

0521603595

9780521842600

9780521603591

OCLC:

70778274

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