Hume on God : irony, deism and genuine theism / Timothy S. Yoder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yoder, Timothy S.

Series:

Continuum studies in British philosophy.

Continuum studies in British philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

God--History of doctrines--18th century.

God.

Hume, David, 1711-1776--Religion.

Hume, David.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

David Hume, one of the most influential philosophers to have written in the English language, is widely known as a skeptic and an empiricist. He is famous for raising questions about the existence of things for which there is insufficient empirical evidence, such as souls, the self, miracles, and, perhaps most importantly, God. Despite this reputation, however, Hume's works contain frequent references to a deity, and one searches in vain to find a positive assertion of atheism. This book proposes a different reading of Hume on God, in which Hume is seen as proposing a 'genuine theism'. Yoder i

Contents:

The conventional story of Hume on God

Hume and irony

Hume and Deism

Hume on the existence of God

Hume on the nature of God.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-161) and index.

ISBN:

9786612876233

9781282876231

1282876236

9781441181589

144118158X

OCLC:

676696275