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Hume’s Philosophy of Religion

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  • © 1988
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  1. J. C. A. Gaskin

    1. Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

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Part of the book series: Library of Philosophy and Religion (LPR)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction: Hume on Religion

    1. Introduction: Hume on Religion

      • J. C. A. Gaskin
      Pages 1-7

  3. Natural Religion and Natural Belief

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. Order and Design

      • J. C. A. Gaskin
      Pages 11-51

    3. Evil, Freedom and the Religious Hypothesis

      • J. C. A. Gaskin
      Pages 52-73

    4. Being and Necessity

      • J. C. A. Gaskin
      Pages 74-93

    5. Meaning, School Metaphysics and Divinity

      • J. C. A. Gaskin
      Pages 94-107

    6. Scepticism and Natural Belief

      • J. C. A. Gaskin
      Pages 108-119

    7. God and Natural Order

      • J. C. A. Gaskin
      Pages 120-131

  4. Revealed, Historical and Personal Religion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133
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    2. Miracles and Revelation

      • J. C. A. Gaskin
      Pages 135-165

    3. The Revelation of Immortality

      • J. C. A. Gaskin
      Pages 166-182

    4. The Causes and Corruptions of Religion

      • J. C. A. Gaskin
      Pages 183-191

    5. The Corruptions Caused by Religion

      • J. C. A. Gaskin
      Pages 192-208

    6. The Dispassionate Sceptic

      • J. C. A. Gaskin
      Pages 209-231

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 232-250
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Hume's Philosophy of Religion brings together for the first time the whole range of Hume's immensely important critique of religion. The major concern is with a clear discussion and presentation of philosophical issues wherever they occur in Hume's writings, but items in the history of ideas, questions of interpretation and biographical details are introduced when they contribute to an understanding of Hume's position. Already reviewed as a standard work on Hume on religion and as a good general introduction to Hume's thought, this new edition has been extensively revised and extended. '...it is hard to imagine how a study of Hume on religion could have been at once more comprehensive, accurate, readable and scholarly than this...it is strongly to be recommended to all who have occasion to study or to teach Hume in colleges or universities.' W.D.Hudson, Expository Times.

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  • Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

    J. C. A. Gaskin

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